Fabregas an example to follow

By Simon Glanville

Newspaper headlines have been dominated this week by the surprising tug-of-war battle between Manchester United and Wayne Rooney.

Rooney should leave and go abroad

By Jake Harrison

A move away from England would be great for Wayne Rooney and for England. There always seems to be an over-hyped topic in football.

Sir Alex Ferguson. Defeated at last or master of the Art of War?

By Richard French

“If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.”- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

There is no doubt that Sir Alex Ferguson is rarely beaten.

Theatre of Dreams waking up to their own Nightmare

By Stephen Adams

The recent court-room drama at Liverpool has shown even the biggest clubs are not immune from financial meltdown. With things going wrong both off and on the pitch, United look set to be the next team facing a crisis...

No more Rooney, where do Man Utd go from here?

by Mark Duffield-Thomas

So, the absolutely unthinkable seems to be happening. Sir Alex Ferguson’s talismanic forward wants away, Rooney is turning his back on Old Trafford.

The Rise and Rise of Image Rights in Football

By Marcus Cleaver

“È arrivato ama un re, e parte come un ladro” roughly translates as ‘He came as a King and leaves as a thief’. These were the rather poetic words used in Italian daily sports paper Corriere Dello Sport back in 2002 to describe the transfer of Ronaldo from Internazionale to Real Madrid.