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Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea,
Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Brown, Evans, Smalling, Evra, Fabio,
Valencia, Nani, Cleverley, Gibson, Scholes, Carrick,
Fletcher, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Owen, Berbatov, Hernandez.
Newcastle United (from): Harper, Coloccini, Enrique,
Nolan, Williamson, Barton, Guthrie, Carroll, Routledge,
Lovenkrands, Perch, Taylor, Smith, Gutierrez, Xisco,
Forster, Ameobi, Krul, Ranger.
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 On
the New Season & the Title race
"“Everyone
is optimistic at the start of the season and I am no
different,” says Sir Alex.
“In terms of who’ll be challenging, the interesting one is
Everton. They have got all their players back. Last season
the first half of the campaign was a nightmare for them with
injuries to major players like Mikael Arteta and Phil
Jagielka.
“They were big losses to manager David Moyes. Now they are
fit they could be an interesting prospect for the season.
“I would also expect Liverpool to improve with Roy Hodgson.
Tottenham are on the upswing given their fortunes of last
season and Harry Redknapp’s experience.
“I would have put Villa up there also with the job Martin
O’Neill has done over the last three years being quite
significant. Now there seems to be uncertainty there.
“City have to be in the top four. They have spent money and
the expectation increases with that. They will be
challengers no doubt about that. You expect a challenge from
there.
“Roberto Mancini is settled in the job now. He will know the
strength of the players he had last year. He has added
Silva, Toure, Boateng and Kolarov. I said last season they
could easily go and buy another team. That is a possibility
again.
“They have got to be in the pecking order. They have
individuals who can win games and score a goal like Tevez
and Adebayor. I don’t think they will be looking on a bad
start as a possibility.
“What does all that tell you? It tells you it is going to be
a competitive league. We are all aiming to be in the
champions League. That is the priority at all these clubs.”
On Winning the League
“My
thoughts are not necessarily on the top four we have to
think about how we are going to win this league,”
“You have to think that Chelsea, having won it last season,
are going to be the favourites. The team who win it the
previous year are the team you have to try and knock off
their perch. Chelsea are in that position.
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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.
Doubtful
28
Ryan Giggs holds the record for Most Apprarences against Newcastle
United.
11
Ruud van Nistlerooy holds
the record for most goals for Manchester United against Newcastle
United.
United
Legend
