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MANCHESTER UNITED

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Sep 4, 2015
Rooney's legacy complicated despite proximity to Charlton's records
On Saturday, Wayne Rooney could become England's all-time leading goalscorer. He needs two goals against San Marino to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49. By the end of the season he may well have surpassed Charlton's Manchester United record of 249 goals — Rooney is 16 behind the total.
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Sep 1, 2015
De Gea in limbo after Madrid paperwork arrives too late
Manchester United's Spain goalkeeper David De Gea was facing an uncertain future on Tuesday after his expected move to Real Madrid was apparently scuppered when the paperwork did not arrive at the Spanish League on time.
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Aug 22, 2015
Van Gaal shrugs off criticism over Pedro
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Friday played down the club's interest in signing Pedro from Barcelona after the Spanish international decided to join Premier League champion Chelsea instead.
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Aug 7, 2015
Big guns set to rule the roost again as fun, games begin
Jose Mourinho mocks Arsene Wenger yet again; the high priest of pragmatic football accused Arsenal of being defensive as it beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield; the Hypocritical One also tells Señora Benitez she should put Rafa on a diet.
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Jul 11, 2015
Schweinsteiger reaches agreement to join Manchester United
Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed to join English Premier League side Manchester United from Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champions' chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Saturday.
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May 22, 2015
Hull, Newcastle taking relegation battle to final day
And then there were two.
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Apr 3, 2015
Carrick's fragility an ongoing issue for club, country
According to Sir Alex Ferguson, his former Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick is "the best English player in the game."
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Mar 6, 2015
Premier League powers generate most interest in F.A. Cup
The F.A. Cup does not have a sponsor. Remarkably, football's oldest domestic knockout competition is the only tournament in the top tier not to have any naming rights.
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Feb 13, 2015
Van Gaal gets defensive with Man United struggling
"Am I so brilliant or are you so thick?"
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Jan 16, 2015
Manchester United's high-priced squad fails to inspire
It is only Louis van Gaal's cv that is preventing him from receiving the sort of merciless criticism directed at David Moyes last season.
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Dec 12, 2014
Manchester United improving, but van Gaal still faced with many issues
A football club is like a family.
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Nov 21, 2014
Welbeck move benefited both Arsenal, Man United
It is almost three months since Manchester United sold Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16 million because Louis van Gaal did not think the striker was good enough to play for the Reds.
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Nov 14, 2014
Rooney will never reach pantheon of England greats
In most countries the leading international goal scorer and the player who has won most caps would be revered. Both would be held in the highest esteem, national legends admired by all.
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Oct 18, 2014
Refreshed Moyes ready to come back
David Moyes, who has been out of soccer since leaving Manchester United in April, says he is ready to resume his managerial career and is waiting for the right club to come along either in England or overseas.
Japan Times
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Sep 15, 2014
Kagawa capable of making most of fresh start at Dortmund
It cannot have been easy for Shinji Kagawa to leave Manchester United, but if his performance in his first game since returning to Borussia Dortmund is anything to go by, the move is definitely in his best interests.
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Sep 12, 2014
Welbeck sale makes perfect sense for United
Gary Neville was baffled. So was Bryan Robson. Football writers inevitably questioned Manchester United's decision to sell Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16 million after he scored both goals in England's 2-0 win over Switzerland in Basel.
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Sep 1, 2014
Kagawa leaves Man United to return to Dortmund
Shinji Kagawa admitted Sunday he thought long and hard before leaving Manchester United to rejoin Borussia Dortmund.
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Aug 29, 2014
United faces crisis as transfer window closes
Five years after Manchester United should have strengthened its squad and invested heavily in the transfer market, Louis van Gaal is doing what Sir Alex Ferguson did not do before retiring.
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Aug 22, 2014
Tan's revenge spells end for Mackay
If revenge is a dish best served cold, Vincent Tan's retribution on his former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay came straight from the freezer.
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Aug 5, 2014
Atletico Madrid looking into Kagawa
Reigning Spanish League champion Atletico Madrid is launching a bid to acquire Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa along with his teammate Javier Hernandez, The Guardian said in its online edition Monday.

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