According to a report in The Sun, Manchester United have ruled out their starting goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, for the next eight weeks with a hand problem.
The veteran Dutchman sustained the injury during the penalty shoot-out defeat to Bayern Munich in the Audi Cup last week, and scans revealed two broken bones in his left paw.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson does not think that cross-town rivals Manchester City will threaten the Red Devils’ dominance this season, despite their high-profile summer forays into the transfer market.
“Given all that has happened in the transfer market this summer, it is a different type of challenge we are facing,” Ferguson told The Sun.
Manchester United are leading the race to sign Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Real Madrid, after Milan decided to focus all their attentions on Luis Fabiano.
Huntelaar has fallen well down the pecking order at Madrid in the midst of their summer spending, a fact that has not gone unnoticed around Europe.
Douglas Costa is confident that he will secure a move to Manchester United, despite the club’s unwillingness to pay Gremio’s asking price.
According to The Sun, Gremio no longer expect Man United to pay Costa’s €24 million buy-out clause, and have lowered the price to €20m.
According to a report in the British tabloid The Sun, Manchester United have agreed to pay the £26 million demanded by Carlos Tevez’s owners to purchase his economic rights.
Apparently, all that is standing in his way of becoming a Red Devil on a permanent basis is reaching an accord with regard to wage demands.
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