Tour Squad Announced

A 'provisional' United squad has been names for the USA Tour 2011. A 21 man squad will fly out to the States on Monday and will later be joined by five other reds. However, the squad may change, if any injuries are to occur in training.

USA 2011: Who would I take on tour?

On Monday, Sir Alex Ferguson will announce his squad for Manchester United's upcoming pre-season tour of the United States of America. Our boys will play five games out there, starting on Wednesday. Pre-Season is a time for experimenting, as well as getting prepared for the new season in a vigorous fitness training regime.

With our new signings, and potential new ones, Sit Alex may aim to restructure the formation of his team. However, I will touch on that in my next article (watch this space).

Wes Brown: The time is right to leave

Wes Brown leaves United after 13 years at the club.

After 13 years of service, Sunderland have persuaded Wes Brown to leave Manchester. As good as the service he has provided has been, I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that the time is right, for both parties, and also in hoping that his brother, Reece, follows in his footsteps.

Is this United's defence by 2015?

Top: David De Gea. From Right: Rafael Da Silva, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Fabio Da Silva

Excluding Rafael Da Silva, the backline, as good as it is, is getting on a bit now. The now-retired Edwin Van Der Sar was 40, Patrice Evra is 30, Nemanja Vidic is 29 and Rio Ferdinand is 32. That was an average age of 33 years old.

Gabriel Obertan

New signing Gabriel Obertan is presented to the media, along with Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen

Henri Saivet and Gabriel Obertan were two players I was very much aware of thanks to Football Manager (a computer game). On this game these two players turned out to be one of the best players in the world. So you could imagine my excitement when on the 7th July 2009, Manchester United announced the signing of Gabriel Obertan for a mere £3m. Bargain! was what I thought at the time. As you can imagine, this edition of Football Manager was 2008.

What does next season hold for Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda?

The next generation of United stars? I for one, would certainly hope so, though with the current first team and the age, it would seem very difficult. Though these are the obstacles a proper Manchester United player needs to overcome. Here I will hazard a guess as to what next season holds for each of these 3 hot prospects.

Danny Welbeck 

Mame Biram Diouf: Another Manucho?

'No more transfers' was the words quoted by Sir Alex after the signings of Michael Owen, Gabriel Obertan and Antonio Valencia. Not particularly what the fans wanted to hear in the aftermath of the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. One week later and there was a new signing announced. A prolific striker in the Norwegian league for Molde. A player recommended by 'the baby faced assassin' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. His name was Mame Biram Diouf.