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Press Release: José Mourinho Appointed Manager of Manchester United (OFFICIAL)

MANCHESTER, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NYSE: MANU) José Mourinho will take over as manager of Manchester United from the 2016/17 season, signing a three year contract with an option to stay at the Club until at least 2020. José, 53, has managed at the top level of European football for over a decade and in that time has won league titles and cups in four countries (Portugal, England, Italy and Spain), as well as winning the UEFA Champions League twice – in 2004 with FC Porto and in 2010 with Inter Milan. Announcing the appointment Ed Woodward, said: “José is quite simply the best manager in the game today. He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here. “I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome him to Manchester United. His track record of success is ideal to take the Club forward.” José Mourinho said: “To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the
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LVG's United could learn a thing or two from the Passion of Patrice!

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Yesterday (10th January) marked the 10 year anniversary of the signing of Patrice Evra, one of Ferguson's, if not United's, greatest ever foreign imports. The club's social media team decided to commemorate the former United man (and eternal United fan ) with a blog post highlighting his top 10 quotes, including this one: A decade after he signed for #mufc , read Patrice Evra's top 10 quotes: https://t.co/p11dmZNNDB pic.twitter.com/QXzIkiF8GB — Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 10, 2016 As much as this was simply a nice quote that best summarised the individual's passion and love for his former club, I couldn't help thinking it something more - a timely message to the current manager and players clearly struggling to understand the "weight of United's history" by continually playing a dull brand of negative football! The fact this image was posted just over 24 hours after the end our embarrassing display against League One's Sh
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Ashley Young - 2015/16 season review

Ashley Young played a vital role in last Saturday's win at home to Swansea, providing Martial with the assist for our all important opener - our first goal in four games - while constantly causing problems for the Swansea defence with his excellent crossing in the second half. For any readers of my blog you should know by know that I am a massive Young fan, especially impressed with his remarkable turnaround from the terrible 2013/14 season when many thought his time was up. To prove my love of the winger I was asked to put together some thoughts on how he's performed so far this season by fellow United blogger the Republik of Mancunia . Agree/disagree? Feel free to comment below... Given how well he performed last season, this has been a strangely underwhelming season for Ashley Young. Our most impressive outfield player in the second half of the 2014-15 campaign, Young has found his opportunities in midfield limited due to the arrival of Memphis and Martial, while the signin
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How Louis van Gaal's anti-United philosophy is poisoning the club

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If it wasn't obvious already prior to yesterday’s game against Chelsea - United’s ninth goalless draw of 2015 and our eighth winless game in a row - something is not quite right at United, and it hasn't been for a while. Van Gaal watches on as United fail to win for the eighth consecutive game against Chelsea. Image via Mail Online . Louis van Gaal has epitomised everything that has gone wrong since Sir Alex left in 2013 - the anti-United, if you will. During his first season in charge we saw glimpses of brilliance while the fans (and board of directors) were content with the fourth-place finish that saw us re-enter the Champions League. We were also fooled into a sense of giddiness as the likes of Angel di Maria, Falcao and a host of World Cup stars were brought into the club, with spending exceeding £250million+ and rivaling the buying patterns that so many United fans have ridiculed Chelsea and Manchester City about. However this approach hasn't worked at all
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Predicted XI | MUFC vs. West Ham United (5/12/2015)

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GOAL  | David de Gea DEFENSE  | Matteo Darmian, Chris Smalling, Paddy McNair, Daley Blind As we were for last Saturday's draw away to Leicester I presume... Rojo is out with a dislocated shoulder, so Blind will continue at LB. Jones is also still out so McNair will carry on in the centre partnering big Mike Smalling . Darmian , of course, will play on the right in defence. MIDFIELD  | Jesse Lingard,  Morgan Schneiderlin,   Juan Mata, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ashley Young Now recovered from his brief injury, Lingard has to start again on the left for me. Every time he picks up the ball in midfield he looks bright, energetic and fills us with hope that something decent is about to happen. He's definitely been United's most adventurous player during this rather dreary spell we're currently in the midst of. Now onto the rest of the midfield... Reader's of my blog will know my thoughts on the one-dimensional, oppressive system that is current
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Predicted XI | MUFC vs. Leicester City (28/11/2015)

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GOAL  | David de Gea DEFENSE  | Matteo Darmian, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo This is the same back four that started during the week against PSV. Jones is sitting this one out due to injury, but even still Blind is steadily growing into the role of centre-back, alongside Smalling , as is Rojo as replacement to Shaw at left back. Darmian will more than likely start his first league game since the Palace draw at the end of October. MIDFIELD  | Jesse Lingard,  Morgan Schneiderlin,   Juan Mata, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Memphis Depay I give up trying to reinvent van Gaal's midfield, or suggest that - even in light of the consistently unimaginative football being played and serious lack of creativity produced game-after-game - he finally start playing a different system. Against a poor Watford side, as he did against the equally poor West Brom, he continued to play the rigid 4-2-3-1 system with two holding midfielders sitting in front of the back four. With all the decent att
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Van Gaal depletes United's attacking options further by letting James Wilson go to Brighton on loan

Yep, that's right - United and Brighton & Hove Albion have agreed a loan deal for 19-year-old James Wilson until the end of the 2015/16 season. Unlike last year where Wilson was firmly considered one of United's main striking options - playing 17 times (the majority of those appearances coming from the bench) and scoring twice - he has been virtually anonymous this time round; starting only once and that was in the Capital One cup defeat vs. Middlesbrough last month. Wilson joins van Persie (Fenerbahce), Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) and Falcao (Chelsea) as the fourth striker to leave United this season, while Welbeck (Arsenal) left the team in the summer of 2014. Along with attacking-midfielder Januzaj, who left in the summer to play for Borrusia Dortmund throughout 2015/16, United's attacking options have seriously diminished in the past 18 months to say the least. Don't get me wrong, the move could certainly serve to improve the young striker who will hopefully b
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