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PICTURE: Van Persie posts picture to celebrate win

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 12:43 PM PST

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Following United’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, Robin van Persie posted a picture of him celebrating with Juan Mata.

LIVE BLOG: Crystal Palace vs United

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 09:10 AM PST

CONFIRMED LINE-UP: Crystal Palace vs United

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 08:43 AM PST

De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Carrick, Fellaini; Mata, Rooney, Januzaj; van Persie.

Bench: Lindegaard, Valencia, Fletcher, Giggs, Kagawa, Young, Hernandez.

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Parr, Puncheon, Jedinak, Ledley, Ince, Chamakh, Murray.

Bench: Hennessey, Gabbidon, Dikgacoi, Bannan, Bolasie, Gayle, Jerome.

Rooney hints that managerial change convinced him to stay

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 06:29 AM PST

Towards the end of last season, Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that Wayne Rooney had asked to leave the club. Whilst Rooney’s representatives strenuously deny that a transfer request was handed in, there has never been any denials that a conversation matching Ferguson’s description took place. Ferguson later claimed that an official request wasn’t handed in as they would ensure he missed out on “loyalty payments” if sold.

Throughout the summer, Rooney stayed quiet. Every day there were stories linking him with a move to Chelsea and he refused to confirm or deny them. The only statement he made was to deny claims that he had removed any connection from United from his Twitter bio.

After replacing Ferguson, David Moyes repeatedly claimed that Rooney was staying put, and thanks to a lack of offers, the club were able to stay true to their word. Chelsea were the only team to put an offer on the table and there was no way United were going to sell to them, especially for £25m.

Having committed essentially the rest of his playing career to United, Rooney has hinted that the departure of Ferguson and arrival of Moyes helped change his mind.

“There was a lot of speculation in the summer but I was pleased when David Moyes came in to the club,” he said. “I've got a great relationship with him and he's shown a lot of trust and faith in me. Talks have been ongoing for a long time. I'm delighted to be signed up now.”

Why are the press linking Cantona masks to fan’s death?

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 05:14 AM PST

This morning, ahead of United’s game against Crystal Palace, Phil Neville posted a picture of Eric Cantona on Instagram. What’s the link? Cantona attacked a Palace fan who verbally abused him, calling him a “motherfucker” and telling him to “fuck off back to France”.

Turns out Simmons had been on BNP and National Front rallies, and had attacked Sri Lankan-born Lewis Rajanayagam with a three-foot spanner. Simmons had his Palace season ticket taken off him and he was banned from Selhurst Park. At the resulting court case for his abuse of Cantona, he attacked the prosecution counsel after being found guilty, leapt over a bench and executed a flying kick of his own. He later attacked his son’s football coach.

When Cantona has reflected back on his career, the man who was the catalyst for United’s success in the 1990s and the inspiration for the young players who won the Treble in 1999, Cantona said: "I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan."

When United returned to Selhurst Park in 2005, the fans showed up in Cantona masks to mark the occasion, but were ejected from the ground. Palace announced yesterday that fans should expect the same treatment today.

Three months after Cantona kicked that hooligan and whilst he was serving his ban, United played Palace again. A Palace supporter, 35-year-old Paul Nixon, died during an outbreak of violence at a pub eight miles away from Villa Park before the FA Cup semi-final between the two clubs.

It might surprise you to learn that Palace fans are linking United fans wearing Cantona masks with the death of this fan.

A Palace fanzine, Five Year Plan, voiced its disdain over the plans to wear the mask, believing it was in celebration of Nixon’s death almost 19 years ago, tweeting: “Celebrating the death of an innocent football fan? P-a-r-t-y.”

The Mirror this morning has slammed Neville’s photo of Cantona, calling it “inflammatory” and “unsuitable” behaviour from a member of our coaching staff.

Absolutely ridiculous!

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