Manchester United topic # 5: Important weeks ahead

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Bye, bye, Ole!
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will today announce his retirement. The Manchester United striker has finally given in to the knee problems that have plagued him for the last four years. Norwegian Solskjaer, 34, is expected to be offered a coaching role with the club and will be used as a worldwide ambassador. He will be remembered for scoring the most famous goal in United’s history — an injury-time winner in the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich. Solskjaer signed for United from Norwegian side Molde for Ŗ1.5million in July 1996 before making 366 appearances, scoring 126 goals.
Neil Custis, The Sun

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 12:00 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjy4jO-Dd4&e
haha, briljant.

Hij heeft toch meer dan 10 jaar rondgelopen bij een van de grootste clubs ter wereld, en het is typisch zo iemand waar je niets tegen kan hebben.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 12:00 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjy4jO-Dd4&e
haha, briljant.

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Ole confirms retirement

After much deliberation and with deep sadness, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer today announces his retirement from his playing career.

The decision was reached after continuing problems with his knee injury. Ole will remain at the Club in a coaching capacity and will represent Manchester United as an official Ambassador.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: "I would like to thank the Manager, the coaching and medical staff and most of all the supporters, who have supported me through my career. They have been fantastic and were a real inspiration to me when I was out injured.

"The support the fans and the staff showed me during that time was the main motivation for me making my comeback. I feel proud to have represented Manchester United for 11 years and have some very special memories.”

Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Ending your playing career is a sad day for anyone, in the case of Ole, he has 11 fantastic years he can look back on.

"Ole has achieved everything a player could ever wish to achieve. He has been a great servant to the Club and has always remained a model professional in his responsibility as a player, in his demeanour and his manners have always been

exemplary. Ole will hopefully go on to be a good coach.”

David Gill said: “Ole has provided us all with some exceptional memories during his time here at the Club. Nobody will ever forget his dramatic winner in Barcelona, but much more than that his dedication and professionalism make him one of the great role models in football. Ole will be dearly missed as a player, but will go on to serve the Club as an Ambassador and a valuable coach.”

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Rooney in squad to face Everton

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Wayne Rooney will travel to Goodison Park for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League fixture against Everton.

The 21-year-old, who has been out since fracturing his foot against Reading on the opening day of the season, has been training well for the Reds this week, according to Sir Alex. He is in the squad to face his former club, but the manager admitted he is unsure how Rooney will be used, if at all, against his former club.

"Rooney has trained very well," the Reds boss told reporters on Friday. "He'll travel with us to Goodison, but whether I start him, put him on the bench or leave him out until Wednesday, that's something I have to decide."

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, the manager also confirmed that Louis Saha is ready for action after completing 45 minutes against Sunderland earlier this month, while the Reds are boosted by Cristiano Ronaldo's return from a three-match suspension.

Owen Hargreaves, who missed both of England's Euro 2008 qualifiers this week with a thigh strain, trained on Friday morning but remains doubtful for the Reds' trip to Merseyside.

"There's not a lot wrong with Owen," added the boss. "He trained well today (Friday). But I don't know whether we'll risk that against Everton. It's more likely he'll play in Lisbon on Wednesday."

The news isn't quite so good for Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea, who were both injured on Wednesday night playing for their countries. Fletcher limped off against France and could be out for six weeks, while O'Shea appeared to pick up a knee injury in the Republic Of Ireland's loss to the Czech Republic and also faces a couple of weeks on the sideline.

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Injured Silvestre out for season

Manchester United have suffered a blow after learning that Mikael Silvestre will miss the rest of the season with a cruciate knee ligament injury.

Silvestre, 30, was stretchered off just before half-time in Saturday's 1-0 win at Everton after collapsing in pain.

Defender Silvestre's appearances have been limited this season because of Patrice Evra's good form.

But his injury leaves United short of defensive cover at left-back following Gabriel Heinze's move to Real Madrid.

It is also the latest in a series of knee injuries to hit the Old Trafford camp.

Park Ji-Sung and England keeper Ben Foster are both at different stages of recovery from cruciate ligament surgery, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer announced his retirement this month after failing to recover from a long-term knee complaint.

John O'Shea is also out after sustaining an injury on Republic of Ireland duty last week, while youngsters Gerard Pique and Johnny Evans are likely to be among Ferguson's squad when United open their Champions League campaign against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal on Wednesday.

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 21:42 schreef Dos37 het volgende:
League cup

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 21:48 schreef DutchGooner het volgende:

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Absoluut maar natuurlijk moet er onder alle omstandigheden gewonnen worden van Coventry, zeker thuis.

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 21:48 schreef DutchGooner het volgende:

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Absoluut maar natuurlijk moet er onder alle omstandigheden gewonnen worden van Coventry, zeker thuis.

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 21:57 schreef hello_moto1992 het volgende:

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Met Arjan de Zeeuw toch?