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The Champions League draw is this coming Thursday. To whet the appetite, Yolkie talked to Dan Burdett, a supporter who has been all over Europe following United for more than 15 years and now attends most trips abroad alongside his wife Kim (whose excellent account on Moscow we published last month). Read on for our first edition of “Euro Trips”, first stop, “Barcelona, 1994”.

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Former Manchester United Striker Andy Cole has spoken to the Telegraph in the week regarding two of his former clubs; Manchester United and Newcastle United and his two former managers – Sir Alex Ferguson and Kevin Keegan. Andy Cole joined United in the January of 95 following a £6million (plus Keith Gillespie, who was valued at £1million) move from Newcastle, a transfer which broke the British record by £2Million (Chris Sutton signed for Blackburn Rovers from Norwich the previous summer) and sparked outrage in Newcastle.

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Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has revealed that he would like to one day manage Manchester United or Wales after he retires from professional football. The mystery of who will one day replace Sir Alex Ferguson once the legendary Scottish manager retires from the game are still rife, however Giggs, who is United’s record appearance holder with 839, will no doubt submit his CV when that time comes. David Moyes, Steve Bruce, Jose Mourinho and another legend Eric Cantona have all been linked with the hot seat at Old Trafford, but how do you think Ryan Giggs would fare?

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Stretford-End.com understands Manchester United will not sign German prodigy Mesut Ozil this summer. The Werder Bremen midfielder impressed last season but really shot into the public eye when he helped destroy Australia and England in the World Cup; however, we can confirm that he will not be joining the Old Trafford club this summer.

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The trend of slow press activity after a match continues. Beside Manchester United’s impressive 7-1 victory against the Airtricity League XI at the new Aviva Stadium, the only news seems to be Cleverly’s loan to Wigan.

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It seems Wayne Rooney and Anderson have both gotten the attention of Sir Alex with their off the field antics, and Rooney’s rumored punishment may actually be a good thing for United fans. In other news, the hunt for van der Dar’s future replacement continues in Denmark and United may be twice as valuable as Liverpool.

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The big news today is Anderson’s car crash after a night of clubbing in Portugal over the weekend. The midfielder had to be removed from his wrecked car before it exploded. Also, Tom Cleverly is reportedly close to a loan move to Newcastle and Rooney (and co.) are set to make their first appearances since the World Cup in Ireland.

With some suggesting that alcohol may have been involved in Anderson’s crash, we take a look at what this could mean for Anderson’s future…

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I went to bed hoping that by the time I woke up there’d be more stories to report on. Sadly, this is not the case, so I’ll just go with what I have. Paul Scholes questions Premier League pretenders and Michael Owen wants to see out his career at Old Trafford.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has praised our new signing, who has made quite an impact since signing from Chivas, Javier Hernandez who has scored in two United games so far – both for and against his new team mates. Ferguson went onto describe the Mexican International as ‘first class’ and believed that he could operate as a lone striker in a 4-3-3 formation in European football next season – which could then see Wayne Rooney return to a wide role as he did many times when Cristiano Ronaldo occupied a more attacking berth. Hernandez scored a superb lob against MLS all stars and found the back of the net against United last night for his old club Chivas.

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It seems our servers are back up and running, so now I bring you today’s edition of Stretty Stories. Chicharito scored on for Chivas on his goodbye, our rivals are making a move for a long-term United target, Kuszczak has his sights set on the No. 1 shirt, and David Gill did an exclusive Q&A with ManUtd.com.

Continue reading 31.07.10 Stretty Stories

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