Rooney losing hope of title:

The Red Devils forward accepts that retaining their Premier League crown looks out of their reach and wants to focus on the battle for a place in the Champions League.


Wayne Rooney admits that Manchester United must do better if they are to rescue their season and qualify for the Champions League.

The Red Devils' defeat to Stoke City on February 1 was their eighth of the Premier League campaign under David Moyes and left them seventh in the table, 15 points behind Arsenal.
The defending champions only lost five league games in the whole of last season and Rooney confesses that hopes of retaining their title are remote.

Manchester United to make £20m summer Shaw bid

The reigning Premier League champions are increasingly confident of luring the Southampton left-back to Old Trafford despite facing competition from Chelsea for his signature.

Manchester United will make a £20 million bid for Luke Shaw this summer, with the Premier League champions increasingly confident of tempting the Southampton star to Old Trafford.

The left-back, a boyhood Chelsea fan, is keen to speak to the Blues ahead of the summer but Old Trafford sources have also received indications that the 18-year-old would be open to joining David Moyes's side.

Goal revealed in January that initial talks over a move for Shaw had begun but the England Under-21 international was happy to see out the rest of this season at St Mary's Stadium before evaluating his options in the summer.

Moyes plans significant overhaul

Nemanja Vidic's Old Trafford exit, announced on Thursday, is only the start of a huge summer clear out to be conducted by the Premier League champions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This summer, David Moyes will conduct the most significant overhaul of a Manchester United squad in living memory. Up to 10 senior players, with over 30 Premier League medals between them, will be allowed to leave Old Trafford in a renovation project of staggering proportions.

Put simply, Moyes is ripping the champions up and starting again.

Nemanja Vidic, whose exit this summer was confirmed on Thursday, is set to be joined by Rio Ferdinand, Rafael, Nani, Anderson, Patrice Evra, Shinji Kagawa, Alexander Buttner on the list of players that the United manager will tell to look for other clubs over the coming months. His pursuit of Luke Shaw, revealed by Goal on Saturday, is merely the beginning of a six-month process by which he intends to transform his playing staff. 

'We would take any win' – David Moyes

The Scot has urged his side to improve on recent performances against Rene Meulensteen's men and wants players to stake their claim to be the club's new captain.

Manchester United boss David Moyes says his side “would take any win” as they prepare to face Fulham on Sunday.

The reigning Premier League champions face the division’s bottom side at Old Trafford, hoping to bounce back from defeat to Stoke City last time out.

United have already lost eight times in the league this season and Moyes admits three points are crucial for his side on Sunday.

Young wins Goal of the Month for January

Ashley Young's blistering effort in the 2-0 victory over Cardiff City has earned the winger the Manchester United Goal of the Month award for January.  

Young enjoyed a fine game against the Bluebirds, providing the cross that led to an early opener from Robin van Persie and later sealing maximum points with a powerful low drive from 25 yards.
"It ranks up there with my best," Ashley told MUTV. "As soon as I struck it, I thought it had a good chance of going in and I think I was celebrating before it hit the back of the net."
United manager David Moyes added: "Everybody knows that Ash is capable of that and I am pleased for him because he works hard. There is a lot of competition for places and he is pushing hard to play."
Young was a comfortable winner of the award with his strike earning 63 per cent of the votes. Jesse Lingard's solo effort for the Under-21s against Southampton was the runner-up with 16 per cent, while Javier Hernandez came third with 11 per cent for his extra-time goal against Sunderland in the Capital One Cup