Victor Valdes is delighted to have left Manchester United to sign for Belgian side Standard Liege on loan.

Manchester United announced yesterday that they had agreed a deal with Standard Liege for Valdes to join up with the Belgian club for the remainder of the season.


And the move has quickly been pushed through, with Valdes taking to social media to express his pleasure at now being at Standard Liege.

The Spanish goalkeeper posted a photograph of himself at what is now his new home ground.

hi, ex royal green jacket, longtime fishing/angling/diving boat skipper.
ran onto pitch during pre match walkabout at the dell aged 14, sidestepped sir bobby, bodyswerved around sir matt, and got lord george bests autograph on programme.
come on you reds.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/16/manchester...b-5570061/

so funny.

One Manchester United fan trolled Manchester City over their Champions League history (or lack of) by prank calling the club.

You may have seen yesterday’s video of a City fan calling the Red Devils’ ticket office to request a seat at Old Trafford for the last 16 of the competition, just a few days after they’d been knocked out.

It seems the latest prank call on United’s ‘noisy neighbours’ was in revenge for the initial video and it’s just as brutal.

The supporter asks for a chance to see the Champions League trophy on City’s stadium tour only to be told, obviously, that they haven’t won it yet.

It’s their reaction that makes the clip…

Source: metro.co.uk

Who?

United travel to Denmak to face (currently) 3rd placed Midtjylland in the Europa League.

FC Midtjylland (Danish: [ˈmid̥ɕɛlɑnˀ], "Central Jutland") is a professional Danish football team from Herning and Ikast in the Western part of Jutland. The team was a result of a merger between Ikast FS (which also includes tennis, badminton and handball clubs) and Herning Fremad. FC Midtjylland plays in the Danish Superliga, and won the national league for the first time in 2015.

Honours:
Danish Football Championship
Winner (1): 2014–15
Runner-up (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
1st Division
Winner (1): 1999–00
Danish Cup
Runner-up (4): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11

Founded: July 1, 1999
Arena/Stadium: MCH Arena
Manager: Jess Thorup
League: Danish Superliga
Locations: Herning, Ikast

and there you have it.

With Rooney nursing an "ankle injury" and Shaw already a long term absentee, the squad that travelled to Germany looks really light, for such an important game:

David De Gea, Sergio Romero; Paddy McNair, Chris Smalling, Guillermo Varela, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Michael Carrick, Sean Goss, Nick Powell, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Juan Mata; Memphis Depay, Marouane Fellaini, Anthony Martial.

So, someone should ask LVG that with hindsight, should he have let RVP and Chicharito go? Strength in Depth?