Manchester United ran up the famous “Rocky steps” today, the Glazers reached a season ticket milestone, O’Shea is impressed by Hernandez, vuvuzelas are being banned around the league, and Ribery and Benzema face prison time.
Manchester United are a knockout in Philadelphia! – The Daily Mail
I love fun stories like this. No transfer rumors or speculation. For a fun team activity the squad ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made famous by the Rocky movie series. With a season full of competitive matches ahead of them it’s nice to see them doing something fun like this. A quick break from the strenuous preseason to re-enact a famous movie scene.
United ticket sales unharmed by Glazer fears – The Daily Telegraph
I’ve been highly skeptical of the boycott for about a month now. I’ll admit I bought into it at first, but I’ve since realized that by starving the Glazers financially, we’re starving our own club. Like it or not, the Glazer and Manchester United are financially linked. I don’t want to go off into a whole tangent about this. Perhaps I’ll give it the full blog it deserves in the future.
O’Shea: Hernandez will be United’s ‘wild card’ – The Daily Telegraph
Always nice to see one of the new boys receive backing from a senior member of the squad. O’Shea thinks he’ll cause a lot of problems for defenders and I absolutely agree. Chicharito proved he has massive potential at the World Cup, but I don’t think other clubs realize just what a lethal asset we have.
Should vuvuzelas be allowed at English grounds next season? – The Daily Mirror
No. Ban them. Next story…
Ribery charged with soliciting underage prostitution – The Guardian
I haven’t heard any rumors this summer, but I know we’ve been linked with Ribery in the past. Karim Benzema has been charged with the same crime as well, and we all know that we’ve been linked with him in the past. Thankfully we never did sign either of them The two face up to three years in prison if convicted. What a waste of money that would’ve been if we had signed either of them.
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