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- Djemba Djemba: Fergie was so happy with my Leeds goal
- PNev: We don’t want to make the same mistake as City
- Chicharito: Assists mean as much as goals
| Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:51 AM PST Scott writes for The Metro about whether Wayne Rooney deserves an improved contract. The Guardian has an interesting article on FC United. The Mirror reckons United are ready to offer Javier Hernandez a new contract. Pride Of All Europe discusses Danny Welbeck’s surgery. ------------ If you enjoy what you read on RoM, please vote for us in the Football Blog Awards. If you register to vote you can vote via their website. Or you can vote on Facebook or SportLobster. The final way to vote is via Twitter using these voting links for Best Established and Best Male. |
| Djemba Djemba: Fergie was so happy with my Leeds goal Posted: 17 Nov 2013 05:39 AM PST When people talk about Sir Alex Ferguson’s transfer record, which has seen the club bring in some fantastically talented players, the conversation will always turn to the flops. Eric Djemba-Djemba is always one of the first names to be mentioned. Now 32-years-old and playing for Partizan Belgrade, Djemba-Djemba has given an interview with The Guardian reflecting on his time at United. “It was a big achievement,” he said. “Even if you are from an OK family in Africa, life can sometimes be difficult. I have 10 brothers and sisters, I was the No9 [and] we had a house with four bedrooms. My first training at Carrington, though … I had to pinch myself. I was training with Van Nistelrooy, Giggs – Ryan Giggs is an unbelievable player, fantastic – Keane, Paul Scholes. It was: Wow!” The highlight of his time at United came on October 29th 2003 when he played against Leeds United in the League Cup. The game finished 2-2 and went in to extra-time. With just three minutes remaining before a penalty shoot-out, Djemba-Djemba won the game for United. “Oh my God, you remember that time!” he said, when reminded of the goal. “It was so nice. In my house I have a picture from when I scored against Leeds in the Carling Cup. It was in extra time and I scored from a corner. And I still have a picture in my head from when I go into the dressing room after the game. There was Alex Ferguson. He was smiling. A big smile, with his glasses on. He was so happy.” A year and a half later, Djemba-Djemba left for Aston Villa, after making just 20 appearances in the league. “I was not being [selected] in many games and it was difficult,” he said. “Roy Keane came back from injury, I wanted to play games and I had a talk with the gaffer. He said: ‘No problem. If you have [another] team and you want to continue to play, that’s not a problem.’” At Villa, he played even fewer league games than he did at United, was loaned out to Burnley, then moved to the Far East. He doesn’t have any regrets though. “Life is not complicated. Manchester is a great team and everyone wants to play for Manchester. But if they don’t give you the chance and you have the opportunity to play for teams that want you, you should go and enjoy. It’s football.” ------------ If you enjoy what you read on RoM, please vote for us in the Football Blog Awards. If you register to vote you can vote via their website. Or you can vote on Facebook or SportLobster. The final way to vote is via Twitter using these voting links for Best Established and Best Male. |
| PNev: We don’t want to make the same mistake as City Posted: 17 Nov 2013 04:56 AM PST With the January transfer window approaching, Manchester United coach Phil Neville reckons that we need to invest in new players to ensure that we don’t get left behind. The season before last, Manchester City won the title, but in the transfer window didn’t bring in enough quality. Roberto Mancini spent £55m on players that summer but the likes of Maicon, Sinclair and Rodwell failed to improve the squad. Having missed out on most of our transfer targets in the summer, Phil insists that we need to strengthen to avoid making the same mistake as them. "In the transfer window early on in the season we were looking for players, that was well documented and that search continues,” Neville told the BBC. “We need to keep reinvesting in the squad because if you stand still in this league you get left behind, as Manchester City found out last season when they didn’t strengthen as much and they ended up losing the league.” ------------ If you enjoy what you read on RoM, please vote for us in the Football Blog Awards. If you register to vote you can vote via their website. Or you can vote on Facebook or SportLobster. The final way to vote is via Twitter using these voting links for Best Established and Best Male. |
| Chicharito: Assists mean as much as goals Posted: 17 Nov 2013 04:48 AM PST Javier Hernandez has today claimed that he believes it is far more important for the club to be winning than it is for him to score. More than that though, he reckons he enjoys providing an assist as much as he does finding the back of the net himself. "I enjoy making a good pass or giving an assist," he said. "You have to enjoy those things as much as scoring goals. I never play just to score; I'm not upset if I haven't scored in a couple of games. I don't think, 'I have to score in the next one', because I know football can go like that sometimes. As long as the team is winning, that's the most important thing. It's part of our job as strikers to score goals, but I train and play the game to enjoy every pass, shot, movement, assist and goal. I try to experience all the things that football can give you in the same way." ------------ If you enjoy what you read on RoM, please vote for us in the Football Blog Awards. If you register to vote you can vote via their website. Or you can vote on Facebook or SportLobster. The final way to vote is via Twitter using these voting links for Best Established and Best Male. |
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