'I can understand why. I can see why people would be sceptical. When I walked off the pitch after five minutes in that game against Wolves last season, people must have thought, "What is it with this guy? Is he made of f*****g glass? Is he kidding?" It was my first game in two years.
'I don't want to get ahead of myself. I'd like to get some proper football training and a few games under my belt before I get too excited.
'But, right now, I'd like to think I can play 40 games this season and with the right care I believe I can train every day. I hope to be back in the England side for the European Championship next summer. You have to have ambition.'.....



'I told the boss I will play 40 games this season. He said he could see me playing again, but he wanted to start bringing the younger players through. When I played for him he was fantastic.
'He's a great manager. He knows the players who can win a game for him. He's the best at that.
'The guys were great, too. It's a wonderful club. The people behind the scenes are terrific. Some of the guys on the medical staff have become great friends. At one stage I did offer to play for nothing this season, just to stay on. But they said, "You don't want to do that" and they were probably right.'
After nine weeks in Vancouver with McKechnie, the shoulder is good, the knees are perfect. Steadman has said his body could take the impact of 'jumping from the Eiffel Tower'. He's ready to go.
'Scholesy said he would have retired long ago if he'd been me,' he says. 'But I'm a competitor and I was never prepared to quit when I was only 26, 27 when things started to go wrong.
'I was obviously blessed with athletic ability but my talent is to compete. That's why, in the big games, I've always been among the best players. Better sometimes than the world's best. That's not a coincidence. I have the ability to dig deep and it's probably why I'm still on this path.'
If anyone now deserves a break, it is Hargreaves.

no Smalling?
he consistently attack on the right flank
and I think I saw him in action more frequent than Evra

rumors that Pav and Crouch are on their way out....  

16:04 Over in Italy, fcinternews.com has spoken to - bear with me - Sneider's agent's assistant, who has confirmed that the midfielder will be staying at San Siro beyond tonight's window closure. "There have never been any serious talks about him," apparently.

sos:MU official site

Which part?