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Soccer
The Rebuild, Ranked: Manchester United’s Best Signings Since Sir Alex Left
Manchester United signings after Sir Alex Ferguson tend to live one of two lives. They either become trivia questions or they become arguments. For every fee that quietly evaporated, there’s been a handful of players who genuinely moved the club forward. Players who didn’t just exist on the teamsheet but…
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Why are players so much better after they leave Manchester United?
Some say that Manchester United have accidentally become football’s leading glow-up clinic. Leave Old Trafford, change your surroundings, and suddenly the lighting is better, the confidence is back, and everyone is asking why you didn’t always look like this. Players leave Old Trafford and suddenly look freer, sharper, and more…
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Premier League
Manchester United vs Manchester City Preview: Pressure on both sides
Old Trafford at lunchtime is usually a recipe for chaos. Add a title-chasing Manchester City, a Manchester United side trying to stabilise under interim boss Michael Carrick’s first game, and a league table that suddenly feels crowded from second to ninth, and you get a derby that can swing a…
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Premier League
What does Manchester United’s season look like in a post-Ruben Amorim era?
Manchester United’s post Ruben Amorim season is, in the kindest possible terms, a choose your own adventure book where half the pages are missing and the other half smell faintly of January panic. But that’s also the opportunity. Starting literally tomorrow against Brighton in the FA Cup, United get to…
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Why is there only one Premier League game this year on Boxing Day?
For the first time in modern memory, England’s top flight will stage just one match on December 26: Manchester United hosting Newcastle United under the lights at Old Trafford. No mid-afternoon pile-on. No wall-to-wall goals on the telly. Just a single Friday night fixture, acting as the soft launch to…
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Is Bruno Fernandes a Manchester United legend?
Is Bruno Fernandes a Manchester United legend? It is the kind of question that only really gets asked when the answer is already leaning one way. Nobody debates legends in their first hot streak, and nobody bothers once a player has faded quietly out of view. The question arrives in…
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