Things Gets Worst For David Moyes As United Players Kick Against Scottish's Training Methods

Things appear to be getting worse for David Moyes at Manchester United day by day. According to reports, Manchester United fans made very spirited efforts to remove the now unpopular banner ‘The Chosen One’ from Stretford. The banner was heavily guarded by stewards after their 3-0 defeat to city rival Manchester City as irate fans attempted to pull it down.

Quite obviously, and for good reasons too, fans of the Red Devils are beginning to get very impatient with their under-performing coach. A fan revolt just may be under way any time soon.

Worse than fan revolt, David Moyes is now been faced with players revolt according to daily telegraph. Daily Telegraph revealed that there are serious concerns among the players about the coach’s training methods as well as his tactics. While the club management may overlook calls from their fans to remove Moyes, his grip on the team would be severely undermined should he lose hold of the dressing room. Whether or not he has ever had the dressing room under his control, is a completely different issue.

The criticisms go as far as Holland, where there is a mounting displeasure over his high-handedness in dealing with Robin Van Persie. The Dutch has been very unsettled under Moyes.

While the hierarchy at Old Trafford may seem to be in support of the coach, the tension among the players, staff and fans over whether or not the Scot is well suited for the role is growing by the day. There are also doubts whether or not world class players like Toni Kroos would like to work under David Moyes.

There are no signs of any visible improvements to the team and his approach, especially in the derby against City, left much to be desired. Moyes was clearly out of his depth in that game and for most part of this season.

His responses on Tuesday night only goes to show that the job is too imposing, way too intimidating for the former Everton boss who never won any trophies in his former club. And with the growing unrest and discontent at United, he may be shown the way out before he has a chance of winning any.

Charlton Athletic Targets Manchester United Youngster

Championship strugglers Charlton Athletic are said to be keenly interested inManchester United’s Davide Petrucci on a loan deal that would keep him there till the end of the season.

The 22 year old Italian midfielder is yet t make his senior debut for Manchester United since joining them from AS Roma in 2008. He was only sixteen then. He has however made about four appearances on loan at Peterborough and also had a stint with Antwerp of Belgium.

It is believed that United would be favourably disposed to the loan deal for the Italian and Charlton are seriously considering the offer.  His stay at United has been riddled with nagging injuries. But the Italian was very impressive at the U-21 level and even captained United’s developmental squad.  He scored a total of eight goals in 25 matches for United’s u-21 side in the 2011/2012 season.

Davide is a creative midfielder who has a good eye for goals. He demands for the ball, moves it forward and picks out the right passes.  He has been likened to former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and one can only hope he will go on to fulfill his very obvious talents.

Charlton Athletic recently sacked their former coach Chris Powell and replaced him with Jose Riga. The club is presently three points above the Championship drop zone. 

For someone who had spent about five years in United without really breaking into the first team owing to nagging injuries, this may just be an opportunity for him to re-invent and rediscover himself. A move to Charlton will not only ensure he gets regular first team football which can only do his career whether at United or elsewhere a lot of good but the fact that Charlton are struggling to avoid relegation is another advantage. It will mentally prepare the player for the rigours of the premier league. 

David Moyes Ready To Offload Several Manchester United Senior Players

Manchester United’s coach David Moyes is planning to undertake a sweeping overhaul of his lack luster side come this summer that may see long-serving players Patrice Evra and Darren Fletcher likely to leave United at the end of this season. Some of these high profile, long-serving players would be out of contract with the club at the end of this season. Other aging players in the United squad that may likely leave are Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Micheal Carrick.

Patrice Evra has been linked with a return to his native France with AS Monaco and PSG both indicating interest in him. His departure would signal the end of his 8 year career at Old Trafford. Although reports has it that Manchester United may hand Evra an extension as contained in his current contract, but that would be strongly hinged on whether or not they succeed in signing any new left-back come this summer.

Nemanja Vidic reached a mutual agreement with the club to leave at the end of this season and would be joining Inter Milan at the end of the current season when his contract would have expired. Rio Ferdinand on the other hand may be may be considering a future as a sports analyst when he leaves United according to reports.

Darren Fletcher who just returned to action after several months been on the bench due to chronic bowel condition may also be sold to `raise cash to sign new players. Fletcher’s departure would be a highly emotional one having joined Manchester United’s academy way back in 1995.

David Moyes is fully aware that his ability to quickly revamp the team, get United back to winning ways, attract world class players to the club, and build a very formidable squad that would give the league title a good shot would be what he needs to keep his job. And he is doing all he can to ensure that in you go by the reports making the round both on the pages of the newspapers and on the social media.

In his team building campaign, Moyes is not predisposed to show any empathy for those ageing and underperforming members of his team. No one who deserves to go would be spared. Now the question is as Moyes is carrying out this restructuring, would he be able to attract top quality players that will stay with the club through thick and thin?

David Moyes Explains Why Cleverly Was Selected Against Manchester City,

Fans of the Red Devils are never in lack of what to criticize about United’s coach David Moyes. From his team selection, playing formation, the type of substitutions he makes, from his seeming lack of charisma to their current poor form and losing streak, Moyes have been on the receiving end of the anger and frustration of fans of the English Champions.

One of such questionable decisions Moyes made recently was playing Tom Cleverly rather than Valencia in the Manchester derby. Same Valencia that scored the match winner against Olympiakos in UEFA Champions League second last match was left seated on the substitute bench in a crucial derby against ‘noisy neighbours’ City. Can you beat that!

In the Manchester derby Cleverly was way out of his depth. Moyes’s decision to start Cleverly did not go down well with Paul Scholes, one of United’s legends. Speaking from SkySports studio where he watched the match Scholes poured out his disappointment saying

"Manchester United without pace is nothing… I'm amazed really Valencia is not playing on the right hand side.

“I would have just loved to see Valencia have a right go down right hand side. Without that we could be a bit toothless”.

And I totally agree with him. However, David Moyes has explained why he chose to start Cleverly. In his own words

“We wanted to make sure we had enough midfield players… we wanted to make sure we had an extra player in the middle of the park”.

If Moyes intension was for Cleverly to mark out City David Silva, then he didn’t come anywhere close to doing so at all.

Well his decision was not a very good one as defensive blunders by Cleverly following a super defensive work by Rafael da Silva, was what led to the buildup of Edin Dzeko’s opener within the first minute of the match. Cleverly’s substitution at the start of the second half was too little too late. My take on David Moyes’s team selection? Worse than poor.

Man United Still Favourites To Sign Luke Shaw

With the successful signing of Juan Mata from rivals Chelsea in the January transfer window, English Champions Manchester United is looking to add Luke Shaw to their squad. The 18 year old English left back is been considered as a long term replacement for Patrice Evra who may be leaving the club in the summer.

Joined in the chase for the Southampton’s defender is Chelsea which was Shaw’s boyhood club as he grew up close to the club’s Cobham training ground. The English champions would need to out bid the west London side if they are to secure the services of the prodigy come next summer.

According to Paddy Power, United moved to 8/11 which represents a drop in their former rating earlier this month. For Chelsea, the odds appreciated in their favour. The odds of Stamford Bridge been Shaw’s destination next season moved from 11/8 to just 6/4. But despite what the bookies say, I’m optimistic that Old Trafford would be Shaw’s new club come next season.

Although the St Mary’s side said initially that their star player was not for sale during the last transfer window, United would be willing to pip the west London club to secure the signature of Shaw. The addition of Shaw to Manchester United’s left back would significantly boost their defences and hopefully improve result. But whatever team wins his signature and whenever he decides to join them, he certainly would prove to be a very valuable addition to any team.

Although United are yet to lodge a bid for Shaw with a move likely very soon, any club willing to sign him should be willing to spend anything in the region of €30 M. And despite his very dismal inaugural campaign as coach, David Moyes seems to be enjoying the string backing of the Glazer family as he continues his efforts at revamping the English champions. The American owners of the club are reported to be willing to help him with the needed cash to sign new players to strengthen the club’s title chase come next season. 

Done Deal - Manchester United Sign 2 Signings Ahead Of Summer Transfer Window - Reports

Manchester United’s dwindling form and string of poor results is certainly a source of worry to all – club management, coaches, players and fans. However, according to reports, the club is making very frantic efforts to get back to winning ways again. To this end, they’ve started scouting for quality players that would beef up their squad way ahead of the opening of the transfer window.

David Moyes is going to have a busy summer as he seeks quality players to beef up every department of the squad- from the defence right down to the attack. According to the reports, United’s scouts have been seen watching matches in various leagues across Europe - Spain, France, Portugal, Germany and Italy and the efforts are beginning to pay off with the provisional signing of two players.

A Report by The Guardian’s David Taylor reads : “This newspaper’s information is that deals have already been provisionally agreed for two players in what promises to be an extensive recruitment programme over the summer.

“The club have deliberately tried to set up transfers six months in advance. Joel Glazer has been more hands-on than many people might realise, speaking to the executive vice chairman, Ed Woodward, three times a day on average from Florida and the club have been encouraged by the feedback from agents. Not once has there has been an indication that a player might be put off because of the prospect of playing in the Europa League next season.”

While the report does not specifically name the two players involved, but the name been bandied tallies with previous claims that a deal has been sealed with 21 year old Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho. There is no clear indication of who the second player may be but the fact that Moyes and Ed Woodward are reported to have been working on this summer’s transfer targets six months ahead to prevent a repeat of the embarrassment of last summer transfer window in which they failed miserably in their quest to sign quality players is a good sign.

United is confident that should they miss out on the UEFA Champions League, world class players would remain undeterred in joining the club. Should they succeed in signing these players, they would stand a better chance at taking back the title come next season.

Monaco Set To Challenge Man Utd For The Signature Of Young Portuguese Enforcer

The Red Devil’s hopes of landing the much rated Sporting Lisbon centre back William Carvalho would most likely face a stiff challenge from the big spending French Ligue-1 club Monaco who are said to be keenly interested in the player too.  A few factors give the French side some critical advantages over their English rivals.

Reports published by mirror football revealed that Monaco are hoping to secure the signature of the 21 year Portuguese this summer. Monaco would be leveraging on their past relationship with Jorge Mendes, the player’s agent, in trying to get Carvalho to put pen to paper for Monaco.

 Man United’s position on the EPL table is a huge setback to their ambition of signing the Portuguese. Should the league end this way for them which is looking like it now, it means they would not be featuring in the UEFA Champion’s League. But with Monaco, Carvalho stands a good chance of playing in the lucrative Champions League.

Another significant issue in the Carvalho’s chase is the buy-out clause in his contract- a whopping €45M. Would Man Utd be willing to shell out that much for the 21 year old Portuguese enforcer? I sincerely doubt it. French magazine Le 10 Sport reported that Monaco is yet to have any formal talks with the player or his agent. I see them matching their interest with big cash. Carvalho recently got his debut appearance for Portugal and with the World Cup a few months away, should he make a very good impression at the mundial, his price is certain to go up. Most likely beyond what United may be willing to offer. Only big spenders like Monaco would match their interest with such cash.

A player of Carvalho’s quality is what the Red Devils urgently need to get themselves back to winning ways. The 21 year old may well turn out to be another Yaya Toure or Patrick Viera for United. His great strength, sheer physical presence, a brilliant understanding of the round leather game as well as his depth of his technical abilities makes him a great addition to the lack luster United team come this summer.