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- United produce more footballers than any other English club
- Hasn’t Rooney always been a team player?
- Cleverley: Playing for United is a dream come true
- Valencia: Luck changed after ditching 7 for 25
- Fairytale of De Gea
| United produce more footballers than any other English club Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:02 AM PST Research by the CIES Football Observatory found that United have produced more footballers in the top five European leagues than any other English club. Looking to the clubs at Europe’s top five leagues, Barcelona, Lyon and Real Madrid are the only clubs to have produced more players. “The Premier League came up with the statistic that we have got the most homegrown players competing in league football and that is a credit to our Academy,” explained Reserves coach Warren Joyce. “It is especially satisfying that many of these are local lads who have been with us since an early age.” On Boxing Day United face Hull, who have five United academy youth products in their ranks – Robbie Brady, James Chester, Paul McShane, Joe Dudgeon, Cameron Stewart and Alex Bruce. |
| Hasn’t Rooney always been a team player? Posted: 24 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST
David Moyes has sung Rooney’s praises for his attitude this season, which has been hard to fault, and goes some way to explaining why he has opted to name the striker captain in the absence of Vidic and Evra. “Wayne has turned himself into a real team player,” said Moyes. “The assists for the team, the goals and his all-round contribution has been fantastic. He looks as if he is beginning to take ownership himself. He is starting to say: ‘Look, come on, we need to play better. We need to make sure we are doing much more than we are doing.’ I see that in the dressing room. I see it every day in training when he is continually trying to improve himself. Wayne has those qualities. It is good for us. Hopefully in the years to come we are going to need that from him.” But hasn’t this always been the case? Or is Moyes comparing Rooney with when he last played for him, as a kid at Everton? Last season Rooney had 10 assists, bettered only Hazard (11), Cazorla (11) and Mata (12) and in 2011 Rooney had 11 assists, bettered only by Drogba (13) and Nani (14). |
| Cleverley: Playing for United is a dream come true Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:20 AM PST Tom Cleverley has been in for plenty of stick this season following a string of poor performances, with some fans arguing that he will never make the grade at United, whilst others are keen to be patient and see whether he can replicate a turn around like Darren Fletcher did. December has been a good month for Cleverley though, with him forming a decent central midfield partnership with Phil Jones, and even scoring a goal in our 3-0 win over Aston Villa. Cleverley joined the club when he was just 12-years-old so there’s no doubt playing for United means more to him than it does to some other players. “It always has been,” Cleverley replied, when asked whether playing for United was his ultimate dream by United Review. “When I was a young lad, it seemed a bit far-fetched, but being around the training ground benefited me because I knew how the first team operated. Stepping stones like that have helped me achieve my dream. It’s now my dream to play for this club for 10 or 15 years.” Ryan Giggs has set the bar for all our youth team products and Cleverley believes it’s a privilege to play alongside him at United. “It’s an honour,” he said. “He’s such a great example, to have the motivation to carry on after all his achievements. It’s a privilege to play alongside Ryan and I’m still learning from him.” |
| Valencia: Luck changed after ditching 7 for 25 Posted: 24 Dec 2013 03:52 AM PST
Valencia struggled for form and confidence all season and quickly reverted back to his old shirt. Since then, our right winger has been steadily improving, which is believes is something to do with the shirt change. "It was more to do with the fact that 25 was the number I had when I first came to the club and I played well wearing that," said Valencia. "So I thought 'why don't I go back to 25?' I had good times and good fortune in that shirt. There is no negative reason as to why I changed. I don't want people to think I wasn't doing my job for the team because of any added pressure of wearing the No.7 shirt. I suppose I set the bar high in 2012, and then I had a niggling problem with my back, which didn't allow me to train properly. There is no sign of that now. I feel great, and have been able to train to my maximum and put in 100 per cent. That has been paying dividends in games, and I feel my fortune has changed going back to the 25 shirt." |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 01:00 AM PST |
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