ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC will stay at Manchester United for TWO years rather than one, manager Jose Mourinho confirmed today. The experienced Swede, who scored on debut last weekend at Bournemouth, originally signed a one year deal with the option of a second. But Mourinho thinks the veteran, who has won 13 league titles, is so at home […]
THE moment Louis van Gaal threw Nick Powell on up front to save Manchester United’s Champions League dream in Germany summed up his chaotic reign. That barely believable substitution for Juan Mata with 21 minutes left in the Volkswagen Arena last December as they trailed Wolfsburg in a must-win game showed just how far the […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has described himself as ‘a lion on the pitch’ – but bemoaned how people mistake his ‘confidence’ for arrogance. The Swedish striker, 34, signed to Manchester United earlier this summer on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain, and is set to make his Premier League debut against Bournemouth on Sunday. Today he took to Sky […]
THERE have been many words written about Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United — but always by someone else. Here, the French superstar gives his own take on his world-record move from Juventus to Old Trafford . . . and how he feels he has gone back ‘home’. PAUL, HOW DO YOU SUM UP YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW? THERE are […]
JOSE MOURINHO faces a battle to change the instincts of his players. The new boss is just starting to discover the scale of the job he faces at Old Trafford as he rips up the failed Louis van Gaal playbook. United’s fans yawned their way through most of last season and although Mourinho is fully […]