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• COMPETITION: Win a Juan Mata Spain shirt
• RoM Reads
• Rio Ferdinand in quotes
• VIDEO: Giggs jokes about City’s title celebration footage
• Have the right United players been chosen for the squad?

COMPETITION: Win a Juan Mata Spain shirt Posted: 13 May 2014 04:37 AM PDT Spain’s provisional 30 man squad has been announced and two United players are involved. Goalkeepers: Casillas, Reina, De Gea Defenders: Azpilicueta, Piqué, Ramos, Jordi Alba, Alberto Moreno, Javi Martínez, Albiol, Juanfran, Carvajal Midfielders: Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Koke, Iturraspe, Xavi, Thiago, Pedro, Navas, Silva, Cesc, Mata, Cazorla, Iniesta Forwards: Costa, Villa, Torres, Negredo, Llorente Thanks to SoccerPro.com, RoM has a Juan Mata Spain shirt to give away. Simply follow @SoccerPro on Twitter and RT this. Martin from Wicklow, Ireland, won the Robin van Persie Holland shirt.

RoM Reads Posted: 13 May 2014 02:52 AM PDT Scott writes for The Metro about how Liverpool helped United fans this season. The Independent suggests that Van Gaal would be keen on keeping Giggs at the club. The Telegraph reports on Rooney’s fitness regime ahead of the World Cup. The Guardian discusses Rio Ferdinand’s most memorable moments. The Mirror has the latest UWS podcast.

Rio Ferdinand in quotes Posted: 13 May 2014 01:15 AM PDT On beating Liverpool at Anfield (December 2007) "Our fans come here and make themselves heard for the whole 90 minutes, and the satisfaction you get from winning the game is unbelievable. It's one of the best places to come and win. Games like this, you don't care who scores, who gets man of the match.” On signing for United (October 2008) "The first thing I remember doing when I got into the changing rooms was feeling the kit, touching the socks and realising this was a Manchester United kit. When you walk out just before a game and the crowd's going crazy it's an amazing feeling.” On hating United (December 2008) "I couldn't stand United when I was 21 or 22 because they used to win everything. A United fan came up to me once and said "I bet you'd love to come to United". 'I said "I'll never go there". But I have to admit I was so excited when I arrived." On the fans (May 2009) "The fans travel far and wide and spend a lot of money coming to watch us week in, week out and for a lot of them it's what they live for. We're very appreciative of their great support and it's only right we say thank you because without them the club wouldn't survive. And it really is a genuine thank you. We've had some great times with the fans this season and hopefully there's plenty more to follow in the coming seasons." On that Macheda goal (June 2009) "That was a massive, massive goal and an unbelievable moment. I was going bananas in the stands! You went through all the emotions in that game. At one point they looked like they could score more goals, then we looked like doing the same. Ronny got us back into it and then Macheda came out of nowhere to smash home the winner. The way that game finished just typified the Manchester United spirit – we never ever give up." On signing Michael Owen (July 2009) "Initially I was surprised when he signed. But I was thinking like a fan. If you look at his stats, he has played a lot more games than I thought but after seeing him close up I am very confident we have signed the right type of player." On Ferguson’s team talk in Moscow (November 2009) "I'll never forget the manager's speech in Moscow. Before the game he just plunked his chair in the middle of the dressing room and just started a random conversation totally unrelated to football. But it just settled everybody's nerves and before we knew it his talk switched to words of pure inspiration, reminding all the players that whatever you do in life is to achieve your goals. And, of course, it worked. We won the game." On retiring at United (April 2010) "I want to retire while at United,. It would be great to do what Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes have done and stick with one club for a long time. Finishing my career at United would be a dream come true and those guys are such inspirations. They are all synonymous with Manchester United and I want to achieve that as well. I would like to be remembered as a player who was at United during a successful period in the club's history. When I first arrived, I knew this place was special and when the time comes to walk away I want to be able to do so with my head held high." On the Nevilles (November 2010) "Looking back, the Nevilles, people used to laugh at them, saying they were 'so professional' and this and that. But they were good professionals at a young age. Look at the length of their careers now." On his future (February 2011) "I'll either be managing a club or will be doing the school run and working on my magazine and charities. If the opportunity comes along then I'll definitely have a look at it, but I've got a while left yet before I have to contemplate it. Gary Neville [would be my assistant manager], he'd be perfect. He'd cross the Ts and dot the Is." On being a part of United’s history (May 2011) “When I first came to United all I thought about was making sure I etched myself a little bit within the history of the club and to do that meant winning trophies. I have been fortunate enough to be part of squads that have won trophies. You just really enjoy those moments. To be part of a club with such great history and be part of a successful team within that history is the icing on the cake." On Suarez (February 2012) "Bad decision making from their guy. It's a touchy subject at the minute. Things could have been put to bed if the handshake was done. But after seeing what I did I decided not to shake his hand. If you've not got the respect you need to have in these situations and acknowledge that you've made a mistake and say sorry, well, I lost all respect for the guy after that. It could have been resolved today but after this, it's not great. It's disappointing. I expected more from the guy." On losing the title to City (July 2012) “At first it was one of those things you couldn't get out of your mind. For the first couple of weeks you're waking up in the middle of the night thinking about what happened and how it could have ended differently. You don't get over it but you put it to the back of your mind for the few weeks after that. It's hard, though, because you've always got people reminding you about it, whether it's fans of different teams or fans of United. But you use that as inspiration for the following season." On winning the league (May 2013) “I dreamt of getting one when I turned up here. I remember looking at Ryan Giggs and the others when I arrived. At that stage they had five, six and seven. I just wanted one. I thought I would be happy with that. But once you get it, you want another. You continue striving to succeed, to achieve things and win trophies. To get six is unbelievable. But that is the main thing at this club, you want to be successful." On Fergie’s retirement (May 2013) "There have been a couple of emotional moments. It was like a bolt out of the blue. No one was expecting it. It disappointed a lot of us but I understand the manager's reasons. He has had a great stint and an unbelievably successful period. He instilled great qualities in the club and we must carry that on. Manchester United has a bright future. The manager has left the club in great health and we are looking forward. We have a great number of good young players who are eager to win things and be successful and work hard. That is what the manager has instilled in these players. The work ethic has to continue if we are going to be successful. I would like to be part of that." On response to City’s title win in 2012 (August 2013) "It was weird. All of last season, because all of the credits were all Man City winning and that goal, you're watching TV thinking to yourself 'they've got to move on now, surely'. Things like that irritate you. When we were in the stadium we just heard a noise and it was the Sunderland fans screaming and cheering. Afterwards on the coach I was thinking about why they were even cheering, what they had to gain from that. But the manager came in after and he was speaking more to the young players, especially the younger ones that hadn't won anything, and said 'do not forget this day. Remember these fans and make sure that you're coming back here at some point as champions and rub it in their face.' It wasn't so much what he said, but the way he said it. Everything he said, there was a meaning behind it and there was a forcefulness behind it. It was more that than the words he said that hit home and made you think about next season." On our rivals (August 2013) "The rivalry with us is to do with who we're competing against. We were battling with Arsenal for years to win the league, so they were our rivals and I hated Arsenal. Then Chelsea came along and they won the league a couple of times, then we won it back off them, and I hated them completely. And then City came along and they weren't ever on my radar before, they were never a threat to win anything. As soon as someone comes out of the woodwork and becomes a threat to win something that you think is yours then you get personal." On scoring against Liverpool (August 2013) “I signed for Manchester United and got involved in the whole rivalry and immersed myself in the club's history. Manchester United and Liverpool is a huge rivalry. It's our biggest rivalry, in terms of the success they had in the 80s and then United became successful, so the rivalry is huge. So to score a winner like that, last minute in the Stretford End, you explode. If you could bottle that emotion, you'd be a very rich man. On that day, when you play Liverpool, particularly when you go to Anfield as a Manchester United player, their fans are screaming, they have veins hanging out of their necks. You just think 'please let us win', so you can walk off the pitch and look at these guys in their eyes and walk off the pitch proud with your chest out, and I've been lucky enough to do that a good few times."

VIDEO: Giggs jokes about City’s title celebration footage Posted: 13 May 2014 01:05 AM PDT During Ryan Giggs’ post-match conference on Sunday, footage of City’s title celebrations were on one of the TV screens. “You couldn’t turn that off, could you? Flippin eck’.”

Have the right United players been chosen for the squad? Posted: 13 May 2014 01:00 AM PDT Roy Hodgson announced his England squad for the World Cup yesterday and Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling were all selected. Tom Cleverley and Michael Carrick are on the standby list. It’s no surprise that Rooney is on the plane to Rio. Despite having rarely performed well for England, and having not done the business for the International team probably since Euro 2004, he will always be the player England fans rely on the most. He is the player all the rival players talk about and there wasn’t a question that he wouldn’t make the squad. His 27 goals and assists in 27 starts (total of 29 appearances) probably haven’t harmed his bid either. Welbeck was another fairly obvious choice, despite falling behind Daniel Sturridge in pecking order now, following the Liverpool striker’s excellent season. Still, Longsight’s scoring rate is one of the best in the league and he’s done well for England thus far. 8 goals in 21 appearances isn’t a bad return. Jones and Smalling have done well to book their place in the squad though after neither have had stand-out campaigns for United. Jones is a useful player to take, given he can play in midfield, in the centre of defence and as a right-back. Smalling is almost equally as versatile, playing in the centre of the right-hand side of defence. It’s no surprise that Cleverley and Carrick only have places on the standby list, although it is strange that Carrick has allowed himself to be in this position. For Euro 2012 Carrick essentially retired from International football, claiming that if he wasn’t going to play, he didn’t want to be considered. But now he’s happy to be on the standby list? Should have just done what Ashley Cole did, and “retired” once he’d be told he wasn’t good enough to play. England’s World Cup squad: Hart, Foster, Forster; Baines, Cahill, Jagielka, Johnson, Jones, Shaw, Smalling; Gerrard, Barkley, Henderson, Lallana, Lampard, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sterling, Wilshere; Lambert, Rooney, Sturridge, Welbeck. Standby list: Carrick, Carroll, Cleverley, Defoe, Flanagan, Ruddy, Stones. You can order your personalised England shirts in support of any of our players at JD Sports.

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