Sir Alex Ferguson’s young side threatens to dominate once again – English Premier League
In the domestic theatre of war, Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 along with Blackburn who
provided Fergie’s club with stiff competition in the English Premier League but this changed in the 2000s. Jose Mourinho’s arrival at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 meant that United were displaced as the best team in the land and Ferguson was left with the challenge of regaining
the top spot in English football. Mourinho’s Chelsea simultaneously challenged in Europe which Ferguson’s United had found hard to do throughout his tenure at Old Trafford.
Realizing the challenge at hand, the veteran Scotsman decided to ship out some well known stars at the Manchester club. Roy Keane left, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ruud-van-Nistelrooy-c31966 followed suit. Luis Saha was brought in, Cristiano
Ronaldo was bought in as well and the team had a youthful feel to it barring the experience of Paul Scholes and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 once again for three years in a row and
in 2008 they established themselves as a European power once more by winning the UEFA Champions League.
In the 2009-2010 season, United faltered domestically to a tough Chelsea side led by Carlo Ancelotti and in Europe, they fell to Bayern Munich at the quarter final stage in the UEFA Champions League. The challenge was laid down
for Ferguson to improve again, to match the markers, this time they were Chelsea and Barcelona in England and European respectively. United won the 2010-2011 English Premier League title convincingly by 9 points and made it to the UEFA Champions League final
as well. Winning the league was sufficient enough for any other club but Ferguson intended to best Barcelona at Wembley, however that did not happen.
Barcelona won the pen ultimate encounter in the end by three goals to one as United’s deficiencies were laid http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394 admitted after the final at Wembley
that United were some way behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Ferguson was well aware of that fact. In the summer transfer window, Ferguson bid farewell three stars that were the corner stone of United’s league and European supremacy in the pat. Edwin Van der Sar and Gary
Neville retired along with Paul Scholes, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Owen-Hargreaves-c28918 was not offered a new contract whereas John O’Shea and Wes Brown were sold to Sunderland.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Neville-c14447’s departure at the back. Ferguson
now has a relatively young squad at his disposal. With the arrival of Ashley Young, United have further strengthened their offensive ranks but it still remains to be seen whether they are a match for Barcelona or not. However one thing is for sure after viewing
their comeback win against Manchester City in the Community Shield at the Wembley stadium, United have another great team waiting in the wings and this time it is a team which is based on youth rather than superstardom.
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