April 22, 2024
Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup final on penalties despite throwing away a three-goal lead against Championship side Coventry in an epic semi-final at Wembley.
SCOTT MCTOMINAY,HARRY MAGUIRE AND BRUNO FERNANDES had given Manchester United a 3 nil lead as they looked set for an easy win, however Coventry City did not give up as goals from Ellis Simms,Callum O’Hare and Haji Wright made it 3 all within 90 minutes of regulation time.
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The game was further stretched into extra time and penalty shootout where Manchester United won 4-2 to book a spot in the final against rivals Manchester City who defeated Chelsea 1 nil in the first semi-final game played on Saturday.
Elsewhere in Spain, JUDE BELLINGHAM scored a late winner as Real Madrid beat Barcelona to move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga after an enthralling El Clasico.
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Bellingham smashed into the roof of the net as the clock ticked into stoppage time as Real twice came from behind at the Bernabeu.
Andres Christensen scored the opener for Barcelona but a ViniciusJr penalty had the game level at half-time.
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FERMIN LOPEZ made it 2-1 to Barca before LUCAS VAZQUEZ equalized again.
The victory puts Real Madrid firmly on track to reclaim the title with just six games left to play this season.
June 1, 2022
Manchester United Midfielder Paul Pogba will leave the Club for a second time for free when his contract expires at the end of June.
Pogba left Old Trafford to join Juventus as a free agent in 2012, only to return four years later for a then world-record fee of £89m.
The Club announced today via their social Media handles;
“The club can announce that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United at the end of June, upon the expiry of his contract,” United said at the start of a lengthy send-off statement on the club website.
“Everyone at the club would like to congratulate Paul on his successful career, and thank him for his contributions to Manchester United.
“We wish him all the best for the next steps on a remarkable journey.”
Pogba scored 39 goals in 233 first-team appearances for United
November 29, 2021
Manchester United has appointed Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the 2021/2022 season.
His contract will see him oversee the first team until June and then remain at the club for at least a further two years in a consultancy role.
Manchester United reached an agreement with Lokomotiv Moscow last week for the release of Ralf Rangnick, who was manager of sports and development at the Russian club.
He takes over from Michael Carrick who was in temporary charge of the team for last week’s 2-0 Champions League win over Villarreal and Sunday’s 1 all draw at Chelsea in the Premier League.
United are planning to make a permanent appointment at the end of the season and Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino is their first choice, with Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag also in their thinking.
Rangnick oversaw the rise of the Red Bull group of clubs in Europe as head coach and sporting director of RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg.
He’s credited to have influenced Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann among many other coaches.
November 22, 2021
The axe finally fell on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time in the Manchester United dugout as manager following a 4-1 defeat in the hands of Watford.
Solskjaer was sacked on Sunday after a run of one win in seven league games left Manchester United languishing 12 points off the top of the table and facing a battle just to make it into the top four; the league title challenge almost an impossible dream.
Manchester United’s top management had kept faith with Solskjaer despite humiliating home defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City in the past month.
But the manner of another poor show at Vicarage Road broke even their resolve as Solskjaer became the fourth United boss to be sacked in the eight years since Alex Ferguson retired.
United remain well in the fight for a place in next season’s Champions League as other results left them still just six points adrift of the top four.
However, the club’s hierarchy are facing accusations of already giving up on the season after they announced the plan to hire an interim boss for the rest of the campaign, in the hope of having a better pool of candidates to choose from as Solskjaer’s successor in six months’ time.
