Nike have launched a new football boot, the Mercurial Rosa, which Niklas Bendtner and Marco Materazzi are set to be the first to wear.

What does Rio Ferdinand, along with his fellow professionals, think of them?

"What Does Rio Make Of New Pink Boots?" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Yesterday, John O'Shea claimed that despite what people may think, Sir Alex Ferguson is very supportive of his players going on International duty. With a friendly scheduled for tomorrow, something which Ferguson has branded 'a waste of time' in the past, our manager is obviously less that impressed, particularly when considering the injuries we already [...]

There are plenty of United fans, myself included, who have been forced to eat their words where Darren Fletcher is concerned, following a good few seasons for the club, improving with each one. Whilst for the past couple of seasons he was more famed for his appearances in the 'big games', it's hard to argue [...]

International matches take place this week meaning several players came off 'injured' during the weekend's Premiership fixtures.

In the past, Ferguson branded Internional friendlies, like the one England will be playing against Germany on Wednesday, 'a waste of time', after Darren Fletcher picked up an injury whilst playing for Scotland.

"We've had a bad blow with Darren [...]

Moroccan-Norwegian striker, Mohammed "Moa" Abdellaoue, has been linked with Manchester United in reports from Norway today.

The 23-year-old has caught the attention of several top clubs, but it is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's agent, Jim Solbakken, has helped put United at the front of the queue. The Norwegian international had previously been linked with a A?3 million [...]

Happy birthday, Nani, 22-years-old today! He is currently in Brazil with Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Portugal's friendly with Brazil.

In modern football, 22 is no longer that young. Just think, Wayne Rooney is 22-years-old and this is his seventh season of Premiership football!

Plenty of comparisons have been made between Ronaldo and Nani, with them both being [...]

It's a hard life for Cristiano Ronaldo isn't it. He gets to play for our beloved club, women throw themselves at him and he earns more in a week than we do in years. Still, no need to rub it in Cristiano!

Ahead of Portugal's friendly with Brazil, Ronaldo has spoken about the treatment he expects [...]

United fans don't seem to be entirely bowled over by Dimitar Berbatov yet, much to my amazement. People see him as lackadaisical and want to see him bombing about the pitch in a similar fashion to Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney.

I personally am more than happy with Berbatov's contribution at the moment. He doesn't need [...]

Dimitar Berbatov scored his sixth goal for Manchester United yesterday, getting his foot around the ball perfectly to blast it in to the back of the net, showing the class we are becoming accustomed to in our new striker.

Comparisons were made between him and Cantona as soon as the deal to United was completed, but [...]

Frank Lampard reckons Chelsea are going to win the league this season, a feeling shared by many before the season had even started.

Their home defeat to Liverpool, their 3-1 defeat to Roma, their home draw with Spurs who were woeful, as well as being knocked out on penalties by Championship side Burnley, suggests they aren't [...]

A year in to his Tottenham Hotspur career, Dimitar Berbatov decided he wanted to play for Manchester United. He let Daniel Levy know his desires but Berbatov was told he wouldn't be going anywhere. He had just seen United finish Champions of England, reaching the FA Cup final and European Cup semi-finals. In contrast, Spurs [...]

Fifty years to the day after his professional football career began, Sir Alex Ferguson is receiving a lot of praise for the remarkable things he has achieved. Future captain, Rio Ferdinand, believes that replacing him will be a massive task, although thinks if any club is capable of bringing the right man in, Manchester United [...]

Manchester United have been drawn against Blackburn Rovers for the quarter-finals of the League Cup. United faced Blackburn when another former red was at the healm, knocking out Mark Hughes' boys in the semi-finals back in 2006. We went on to win the competition, after facing Premiership opposition in every round, with Louis Saha shining.

The [...]

50 years ago today, Sir Alex Ferguson was a wee 16-year-old lad, ready to make his debut in professional football for Queen's Park. He has come a long way since then, winning thirteen League titles in England and Scotland, six European trophies, five FA Cups, two League Cups, as well as a further five trophies [...]

Frank Lampard kindly offered up his opinion on the current state of the league table, letting us know we can't really afford to lose any more games. Edwin Van der Sar, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea and Wayne [...]