cant really blame him, the only club he will play for in the league is manchester united...and he's not going to play for us again for obvious reasons

*off topic

tak paham liao wat problem liverpool & the star

Same here. Someone need to enlighten us. 

The caption for the newspaper was, "Make way for... The Reds!"

It doesn't end there, there's a small footnote below that is written "They wish!"

Kinda insulting if you ask me...

Wow. So there is potential that his career could be at an end? 

Fergie wants stronger De Gea

Sir Alex Ferguson admits he would like goalkeeper David de Gea to build up his physique to help develop his game.

The Manchester United manager has been pleased with the recent form of his £18million summer signing, who struggled in the early part of the season following his move from Atletico Madrid.

Ferguson admits that the 21-year-old does need to work on some of his physical attributes, but he is confident on his progress.

"The boy has got talent. He's lightning quick but has just found it difficult to adjust to some parts of the game here," said the Scot.

"It's a matter of developing his frame. He's doing a lot of work in the gym.

"If we can get maybe a stone on him without losing any of his flexibility or speed it would be a great boost to him."

Chris Smalling, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge injured

England defender Chris Smalling was hospitalised with a deep cut after a clash of heads in the 3-2 friendly defeat by the Netherlands.

The Manchester United star collided with Klaas Jan Huntelaar as the Dutchman headed his side's second goal from a Dirk Kuyt cross at Wembley.

The game was delayed for several minutes as both players stayed down before being substituted.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard came off as a precaution with a tight hamstring.

"Chris Smalling has a really bad gash on his head and went to hospital," said England caretaker manager Stuart Pearce.

"I spoke with him and he was conscious. Our thoughts are with him and I am hoping that he will be fine.

"Gerrard was just feeling a little bit tight so we took him off as a 'precautionary', on the grounds we were only going to play him for 45 minutes anyway."

Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge, who replaced Gerrard on 33 minutes, also suffered a swollen toe which forced him off minutes before the end.

While Smalling was stretchered off, Schalke 04 striker Huntelaar walked off holding a bandage to his face but was also taken to hospital.

"Huntelaar has gone to hospital because we think he has some damage there, but we don't know for sure," said Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk.

"He looked better in the dressing room than on the pitch, but we have decided to have him checked out."

Arjen Robben scored in stoppage time to give the Netherlands the win after Gary Cahill and Ashley Young scored in the last five minutes to draw England level.

Robben put the 2010 World Cup finalists in front in the 57th minute before Huntelaar added the second shortly after.

Time for young to perform!!!

Forget Scholes, Giggs and Rooney - Carrick has been United's best player this season, so why can't he get in the England squad?

By David McDonnell

Published 14:54 28/02/12

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Of all the omissions from England's squad to play Holland, that of Michael Carrick is perhaps the most baffling.

While much has rightly been made of the enduring influence of Ryan Giggs and the positive impact Paul Scholes has had on Manchester United since coming out of retirement, Carrick has excelled this season and gone about his business with the minimum of fuss.

He has been United's best player this season, a vastly underrated member of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad whose effectiveness is often only acknowledged when he is not in the side.

With an average pass completion rate of 90 per cent this season and having made more interceptions that any other United player, Carrick is arguably the reason they are just two points behind Manchester City.

He doesn't score spectacular goals, he doesn't have blistering pace and he rarely beats opponents, with the exception of his fine solo strike in United's 2-0 win at Queen's Park Rangers in December, when he ran past four players before scoring.

But Carrick's great skill is doing the simple things with calm eloquence, his technique, passing ability and positional awareness providing the platform for those around him to cause damage to opposing teams.

If he were a few inches shorter and had a Spanish name, Carrick would probably be lauded as one of the finest midfield playmakers in the world. As it is, he cannot even get a call-up for his own country.

He has also shown his versatility by filling in at centre-back for United this season and in previous campaigns. And it is a measure of Carrick's importance to United that Patrice Evra is the only player to have featured more times for them since the 30-year-old made his £16million move from Tottenham in 2006.

Since then, Carrick has made 259 appearances and established himself as one of United's most reliable players. Yet still the cultured midfielder is viewed as surplus to requirements when it comes to England.

Yet England's loss is United's gain, and while Carrick must wonder what more he must do to force his way into the England squad, there will be no complaints coming out of Old Trafford over his omission.

With 12 games to go in the title tussle with Manchester City and a potential further seven in the Europa League, a rest for Carrick this week will be welcomed by Ferguson as better than the burden of an extra match at such a crucial stage of the season when recovery time is vital.

Injured at the start of the season, it is no coincidence United's form picked up when Carrick regained full fitness. Since making his return in the 1-0 win at Swansea back in November, Carrick has missed just one game of significance for United, having been rested for the Carling Cup exit to Crystal Palace and the Europa League second leg tie against Ajax, with United already leading 2-0.

That game was the 2-1 defeat in Basel which saw United exit the Champions League. Carrick was suspended that night and it is tempting to wonder whether his calm presence in midfield may have ensured a different outcome and helped United avoid tumbling into the Europa League.

At the start of the season, United's failure to address the retirement of Paul Scholes by signing a central midfielder looked to have left them too light in such a crucial area, even more so with injuries to Anderson and Tom Cleverley, and illness forcing Darren Fletcher to miss the rest of the campaign.

But Carrick's towering midfield performances this season have kept United on track in the Premier League in their pursuit of Manchester City.

England caretaker boss Stuart Pearce may not rate Carrick in the top 10 midfielders in the country, but his worth is not in question at Old Trafford.


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Alfonso Carrick maybe

Forget Scholes, Giggs and Rooney - Carrick has been United's best player this season, so why can't he get in the England squad?

Ins and outs

Scott Parker's suspension is a blow to Spurs after England's latest captain was sent off in the North London derby. Full-back Kyle Walker went off injured in that game and missed the international with Holland while the likes of Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale also failed to appear for their countries. United also have fresh injury problems with Chris Smalling picking up a sickening gash to his head against Holland while Tom Cleverley and Wayne Rooney withdrew from Stuart Pearce's squad. Antonio Valencia has a chance of returning.

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I read in an article that Bale won't be recovered yet for next game, so Tottenham without Parker and Bale, plus probably Kyle Walker and van der Vaart will give us big advantage. still need to wait SAF's press conference to get latest condition of Smalling, Cleverley, Rooney, and Valencia.