Sir Alex said that Fredrico Machedas finishing in training has been better than anyones!
He then said and i mean 'ANYONE'
Given that he his training with the likes of Rooney,Owen and Berbatov he sounds like he is going to be an amazing player for us and still only 17!
He is a big lad as well and still growing and will really benefit from being away with the first team on pre-season.
He will be gelling and getting to know everyone better and is obviously enjoying life at Man Utd.
I think he going to score shitloads of goals this season and thats why Sir Alex after missing out on Benzema didnt go in for anyone else?
If you think about it he is quite similar to Benzema?
I think he will be better.

Some of you might have seen a report from a media consultancy called SportsPro ranking global sports brands earlier this year (United 8th, Madrid 14th, Liverpool 27th & Chelsea 55th).

Have recently come across a similar report, albeit a bit more player focused, ranking Clubs by media value (popularity). As this is the first "scientific" Analysis of global support that I have seen, the report makes interesting reading. I have included a link (University of Navarra in Spain Business Faculty):-

http://www.unav.es/econom/sport/files/re...Feb_09.pdf

I have to say that I was suprised by the dominance of United on a global basis (most popular European club in Brazil for instance). As I have travelled quite a bit, especially recently in asia I was not surprised about our dominance in the far east.

What do United supporters on this board think from their global travels?

Only one word to say to be honest: LOL

http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/index...rger-king/

Sir Alex praised Ronaldo and says Ronaldo loves United and who knows,might return one day.
What does our forum think about this?We all know it's speculation but do you feel this might happen if he does not come up to expectation at Real?Look at Becks at LA?Different situation but interesting!
He wasn't too impressive in his first game but we know he will get better.Noticed he was passing a bit more ..

Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed local rivals Manchester City as a major threat to Manchester United's Premier League title this season.

City manager Mark Hughes has this summer spent millions on building a squad to break into the top four.

But United boss Ferguson said: "It won't be easy for them to win anything, even with the players they have bought.

"I can't look at them as our main competitors. Liverpool and Chelsea are our main competitors."

Emmanuel Adebayor is City's latest addition to a squad which that includes Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz and former United favourite Carlos Tevez.

Striker Adebayor signed from Arsenal for about £25m, midfielder Barry was bought from Aston Villa for £12m and City paid Blackburn about £18m for Paraguay international Santa Cruz.

Hughes is keen to bring in Chelsea captain John Terry, while an approach for Joleon Lescott has already been rejected.

But Ferguson believes the only place their rivals can challenge his side is in the battle for headlines.

Speaking from his side's tour in Malaysia, he added: "We are being challenged for the back pages.

"Manchester City are getting all the back page stories and they will hold that position for the rest of the season because there is a lot of interest in what they have done and a lot of speculation about whether it is going to work.
"They have bought a lot of high profile players but they have 10 strikers.

"That is a hell of a lot. I have not spoken to all the managers but the one or two I have are saying 'Who are they going to leave out?'"

"How does he (Hughes) pick a team? We are all interested."

City's spending has been second only to Real Madrid this summer - following the high-profile signings of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Kaka.

But Ferguson sees definite differences between the way the money is used at both clubs.

"Real Madrid are different to Manchester City," he said.

"They have an unusual culture of not really bothering about money because they can use their name to write off debt. No Spanish bank will ever close them down.

"Manchester City's culture is about cash. It is about having money and using it."

Ferguson also believes Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could find this coming season a struggle, having sold their star striker to City.

He said: "Arsenal have the biggest job to do because they have sold Adebayor and don't seem to have the money the rest have got.

"How Arsene develops his team will be his biggest test.

"The one thing we know about Arsenal is that they will play some of the best football you will see and they will create chances.

"They could easily re-establish themselves and challenge for the league again."