YANKEE RED KNIGHTS LAY CLAIM TO A NAME March 8, 2010 MANCHESTER United’s would-be “Red Knights”, the group of City businessmen currently attempting to wrest the club from the grasp of its US owners, the Glazer family, may well be in for a bit of a headache over their choice of moniker. The Capitalist last week discovered a very different group bearing the same name over [...]
Verminator could be back to face United January 28, 2010 ARSENAL have received a huge fillip ahead of Sunday’s crunch visit from Manchester United after it emerged defender Thomas Vermaelen has not broken his leg, as first feared. Belgium centre-back Vermaelen – known as the Verminator to the Emirates faithful – looked in grave danger of missing the rest of the season when he left [...]
BOND GURU FALLS FOUL OF PARTY CIRCUIT March 2, 2010 CRUMBS, the fixed income social scene can’t be much cop if Pimco’s resident investment guru-cum-scrooge Bill Gross is anything to go by. Gross – a founder and 38 year veteran of the distinguished company – popped out one of his monthly investment outlook notes yesterday, beginning with a lengthy spiel on the evils of the [...]
FOOTBALL | IN BRIEF January 20, 2010 Mutu linked with Man City MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini wants ex-Chelsea forward Adrian Mutu to join his Eastlands revolution, according to his agent. The Romanian, sacked by the Blues in 2004 after testing positive for cocaine, is unsettled at Fiorentina. “Mancini strongly wants him at Man City and said that he would be ideal [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF January 20, 2010 Khan lined up for US title bout BOXING: WBA lightweight champion Amir Khan is being lined up to make his debut in the United States in April. The Bolton fighter is said to be in “tentative agreement” to defend his title against Argentine Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas. The contest could be on the undercard of [...]
Real and Barcelona are football’s Euro fat cats March 1, 2010 LUCRATIVE individual broadcast deals have helped Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona leave Premier League clubs trailing in the wealth stakes and cement their place as the two richest teams in the world. Real last season became the first team in any sport to record revenue of more than €400m (£341m), despite a relatively unsuccessful [...]
United missing 14 players for Germany trip December 7, 2009 WOLFSBURG vs. MANCHESTER UTDMANCHESTER UNITED’S injury crisis deepened further last night when strike pair Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov became the latest players to be ruled out.Rooney and Berbatov are set to miss this evening’s trip to German champions Wolfsburg with ankle and groin injuries respectively. They are among a staggering 14 first team stars [...]
Relentless Rooney keeps United hands on the cup February 28, 2010 WAYNE ROONEY climbed off the substitute’s bench to head the winning goal as Manchester United retained the Carling Cup at the expense of plucky Aston Villa at Wembley. The in-form England striker was rested by boss Sir Alex Ferguson but entered the fray just before half-time after Michael Owen had limped off with a hamstring [...]
‘You’re next United’ says boss Hughes December 2, 2009 MANCHESTER CITY (3) vs ARSENAL (0) MARK HUGHES welcomed a crunch Manchester derby in the semi-final of the Carling Cup by roaring: “Bring them on”! The Manchester City boss saw his side dispose of a young Arsenal side at Eastlands last night to earn an eagerly-awaited two-legged clash with rivals United in the last four. [...]
Dream United tie is the lure for Kettering November 29, 2009 NON-LEAGUE Kettering Town face the prospect of a dream tie against Manchester United in the FA Cup third round. The Poppies were 12 minutes away from beating League One leaders Leeds United at Rockingham Road yesterday, only for Jermaine Beckford to cancel out Ian Roper’s earlier goal. Elsewhere, 10-time winners Arsenal make the short trip [...]