After the poor form of his side in the league this season Roy Keane has resigned as the manager of Sunderland this morning saying that he keeps the interest of the club as his highest priority and it was good for both him and the club if he parted away at this moment. The former Manchester United player was instrumental in building the current team. Sunderland who were promoted the top flight last season did a wonderful job to stay in the Premiership and also produced some good results. This time the state of the team is in misery as they are fighting down in the relegation spot. Right now they are in the 18th position and need some work to be done so that they stay in the top flight next season too. Keane voiced his self-doubt last weekend regarding his ongoing suitability for the post after the 4-1 home defeat by Bolton Wanderers which featured an appalling defensive performance.He said: “I ask myself every day if I’m the right man for Sunderland.I asked myself this morning, and I said I was. Sunday morning, if the answer’s no, we’ll have to look at it.”
Much to the surprise of the fans and the players Sir Alex Ferguson who is mostly on the last season at Manchester United after which he is posed to retire from managing teams has ruled out any possible winter transfers in the winter window that is to open in the next couple of weeks. It has been the tradition of Manchester United to sign big players on the winter window. History speaks as players like Evra, Vidic, Larson all were bought in the winter transfer window. But this time he has ruled out that there will be no signings this time as his team is capable of winning the title. Ferguson, who has been linked with a move for Serbian youngster Zoran Tosic, insists there will be no new faces arriving in January. The United chief says he is happy with the squad at his disposal, but he believes City, backed by the Abu Dhabi United Group, will be flexing their muscles.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is confident over his player Cristiano Ronaldo on winning the Golden Ball that he has stated that he is ready to quit his job if the player loses in the race for the title. Cristiano Ronaldo had an amazing season last year when he scored a total haul of 42 goals in all competitions and helped Manchester United win both the English and the European titles. The main rival for him in the race for the title is Lionnel Messi of Barcelona and Argentina but the only disadvantage for him is that he has not won a single title for his club last year. The main disadvantage for Ronaldo is that he let his team when it mattered the most, missing penalties in both the semi-finals and the finals of the Champions League tournament. But he was instrumental in Manchester United reaching that high stage. It was due to the compulsion from the manager that he is in Manchester United at present and there are high chances that the player will be leaving for Real Madrid by the end of the season. Ferguson when asked in a post match interview whether Ronaldo deserves to win the Ballon d’Or, to which he replied (with a smile):”If Ronaldo doesn’t win the Ballon D’Or this season I will quit as manager.” The main contenders for the race are Messi, Casillas and Torres.
Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed his confidence over his young lads who have been performing well in the situations given to them and they have not let him down in the Carling Cup and the League match against Stoke City. He is confident of a couple of the youngsters who in that are the defenders Rafael De Silva who has been more promising and has become the fan favorite too in a short period of time at Old Trafford. He has some excellent gameplay and his attacking is the right thing to replace the Neville who is getting old and he is the right replacement for him in the future. The next kid to watch is the young striker Welbeck who is the player from academy. He scored a astonishing long shooter in the match against Stoke City which is only his first match for the senior team. This young lad has some talent in him and can be looked for as one of the future stars of the Manchester United team and there are a couple of more younsters who have been impressive namely Possebon and Evans.
