The Manchester Three
10 July 2008
Blistering pace. No-look passing. Sledgehammer shooting. Imagine defending for ninety minutes against one of the best strikers on earth.
Now multiply that by three.
Welcome to the world of the defenders tasked with keeping Manchester United’s striking trio of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez at bay.
And if you thought a strikeforce made up of Portugese, Argentinian and British players would be hampered by communication problems, think again. The threesome’s telepathic link up play produced well over seventy goals last season.
As Wayne Rooney explains, their d ...
Bootcamp delivers
07 July 2008
European champions are made in the off-season.
There aren’t a whole lot of players treading turf who know what it takes to get signed by Barcelona aged twelve, get a call-up to the Spanish national team at 22, and go on to win La Liga, Champions League and European medals before they ...
Summer just got shorter
05 July 2008
Registered for Bootcamp yet? Here's all the motivation you need.
From street to stadium
04 July 2008
When Ryan Babel first picked up a football and trod the streets of Amsterdam as a seven-year-old kid, he knew exactly where he was heading.
Ten years later, the skills he perfected on the urban training ground took him all the way to a first team debut in the Dutch Eredivisie – and p ...
Become Sir Alex's Most Wanted
03 July 2008
Sir Alex Ferguson is on the hunt for the best new talent in the UK. He wants to know whether you can pass like Gallas shoot like Rooney kill the ball like Joe Cole and set the grass on fire with the speed of Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Whether or not you're still in the running to be one of Sir Ale ...
The Cesc Fabregas Show - Part Three
03 July 2008
Thought you'd seen it all before? Think again.
Comedian Matt Lucas plays mind games on the training ground with Cesc, Philippe Senderos and a flying cow.
Arsene Wenger explains why a good player is like a well-built house.
And Cesc calls on the might of the Arsenal Legends to help him s ...
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