It was the blue half of Mancunian
celebrated by parading the trophy in
Manchester. Again it was Manchester City hailed as champion of England
twice in three seasons. Quite a remarkable achievement for the team who fought hard
for decades to step out from the shadow of more fancy neighbor of Manchester
United. For long time it was the Red Devils who dominated the headlines with their
achievements. Now City is the best in England while United finished miserably
at seventh place, their worse standing since the inception of Premier
League in 1992.
What when wrong with Man
United? David Moyes regime reigned for only 10 months. The man who chosen by
Sir Alex himself. I believed Moyes was
capable to thrust Man United into the new height or atleast sustain the Red
Devils supremacy. There were no serious reports
in dressing room unrest to indicate players mutiny against him. May be it too
much for Moyes to carry the huge name of Man United brand name.
Also been blamed for the dreadful
season was Sir Alex himself. Moyes inherited a weak and old team from the legendary
Scot. Every year there were talks about replacing Scholes but no one had
arrived. Micheal Carrick was the only one stand out at the midfield but he also
seemed to out of gas. Vidic and Ferdinand were already passed their prime but
their understudy – Jones, Smalling and Evans were still far away from the
expected class.
However Sir Alex was not alone in
the blaming list. Top of the chart were the Glaziers. It was reported the
Glaziers spend lot of money to pay their enormous debts so little were left to
buy world class players. Last time it
was only Chelski that gave Man United buying power look unattractive now came
Manchester City. Man United could not afford to lose great players to these
clubs.
Now Louis Van Gaal was appointed
as the new gaffer with three years contract. In his office awaiting £200 million
transfer kitty. Giggs was appointed as his no 2. So he still need the influence
of Giggs to make sure all in his control. Meaning his leaving his no 2 in
Holland antional team – Patrik Kluiverts.
He is a great man winning a lot
of titles with great clubs. So with money his pocket the attention will be the
new players that he rope in. I believed among others would be Arjen Robben and
Kevin Strootman. First of all both are Dutch secondly Man United really this
kind of players in their squad. Van Gaal was dislike in Barcelona because of
his Dutchification. He turned Barcelona into Ajax Amsterdam. He brought along many
Dutch players during his tenure at Barca from
1997 -2000. However he was the one who discover the great talents in
Xavi, Iniesta and Valdes. So in the other words he is very good with young
players.
Kroos will come in if he failed to get
Strootman. But still he needed somebody that could spark creativity in the
midfield. Kroos and Strootman is box to box player where sometimes their
position deep in midfield. Febragas should be the best candidate however he was
reported preferring Arsenal if he had to go back to England. Kros and Febragas
partnership would be awesome.
At the back Luke Shaw seemed to be heading to Manchester United. Hope this could be true. He was the revelation
for this season He energy, skills and speed are really tremendous
as his is only 18 years old. With Evra leaving the leftback postion will be his
for along time. One more area Man United
need to boost is central defend. I would love if Mat Humels or Ezakiel Garay to
come in.
However Manchester City really
deserved to be the champion. They are solid and compact team. They main man
easily Yaya Toure. He is the complete midfielder. The closest to him would be Stevie G.
The whole team is superb from the backline to the strikers. It gave you a scare
when you see Stevan Jovetic as their fourth striker while the names like Jaxi Garcia, David Siva, James
Milner at the bench.
So Glory Glory Man United
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