MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS : WEMBLEY WAITING TO CROWN A CHAMPION

    If you are a fan of Manchester United football club or you are football fan whom is not a complete fan of Manchester United but you occasionally come across news feed about the football club, then the two words which you might be tired of seeing or hearing by now are the words Paul Pogba. Yes, it seems as if Manchester United’s talented French Man is always the subject of speculation to move away from Old Trafford and as the commencement of this summer transfer window draws ever closer, the never ageing trend created by Sports magazines of making Pogba the headliner just has not seem to come to an end.    

       This week the Manchester United Evening News magazine has reported that the French Midfielder is ready to home town club giants Paris St German this summer and even though Manchester United manager, along with Pogba himself, have quickly set the records straight stating that Pogba is a Manchester United player and both Manchester United and Paul Pogba have every intention of keeping the situation the way it is in the future, The ManchesterUnitedWeekly suspects that we have not seen the last of the news regarding Pogba. As of now, Pogba is a Manchester United player and that is the fans would love the situation to remain.

        

     

       Today is all about the FA Cup final as Manchester United aim to close the clubs entire season with another FA Cup title to add to Old Trafford’s trophy cabinet. Manchester United has had a history of success in the FA Cup competitions emerging as twelve time winners, most of which were captured under different leadership of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson. During the Sir Ferguson era (which is the closest historical era any modern generation fan might be able to recall) Manchester United have been criticized to have played against opponents whom have been deemed as a lesser opponents compared to the opponents that currently play grade A football in England.  

   

        In other words, the level of modern day football have be judged to be a lot more difficult than the level of football played in the past. English football has developed immensely in recent years that the notion of underdogs has been rendered irrelevant in this day and age. Every football club is constantly improving, every football club is constantly working towards winning every football match and the theory of constant improvement on most clubs around England season after season automatically eradicates the notion that Manchester United will be odds on favourites to lift the FA Cup title at the conclusion this Sundays game. The Red Devils would not need telling that there are heading into a very difficult, 90 minute, battle this Saturday especially considering the history between Manchester United and Saturdays opponents Chelsea. Chelsea have proven to be a difficult hurdle for Manchester United in recent times and taking into account that Mourinho had previous charge over the blues, recent encounters between Manchester United and Chelsea have resulted to less than desirable results for Manchester United. So what is news from Old Trafford prior to Sundays Clash? Mourinho has recently revealed the list of twenty-four players scheduled to make the trip down to Wembley for this Sundays crunch match and judging from the names of players of Players on the list, the early assumption is that Manchester United is hell bent on leaving Wembley stadium with nothing less than the FA Cup trophy. The Red devils twenty two men projected team list which include : David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Joel Pereira, Mateo Darmian, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailey, Victor Linderlöff, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Delay Blind, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Scott Mctominay, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku, Antony Martial and Marcus Rashford all destined to board the bus heading from Manchester to Wembley this Friday with Mourinho left with an abundance of Talented option to  start with this Sunday. Sadly, ManchesterUnitedWeekly is currently unable to attain any news from Mourinho in regards to who makes the starting IV for Manchester United this Saturday but this websites predicts that Manchester United will emerge with a sought of 4-3-3 type  of formation where Smalling and  Bailey will be the elected center back while Ashley Young and Valencia will operate as the left wing backs and right wing backs respectively. The Midfield will definitely have Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera playing as the two holding Midfielders. ManchesterUnitedWeekly picks Herrera to start this Saturday over Mctominay or Fellaini simply because Herrera has proven time and time again to be a strong performer, not just in the FA Cup competition but most especially, during crucial games where Manchester United are aware that the agenda for the match is a win or burst. During those win or burst games, Herrera tends to step up and turn into a sought of second leader in the pitch automatically and that’s why ManchesterUnitedWeekly has Ander Herrera in the starting IX for this Saturdays match. Pogba will operate as the Attacking midfielder on Saturday. The French man has been criticized by the Media for lacking the defensive mentality most complete Midfielders need to have an advantage over their opponents. In Pogba’s defence, the midfielder has never really had to participate much in defensive duties for most of his career. In the past, during his time as a Juventus player and even when he plays for France, Pogba mostly had superb defensive players behind him to provide support for the teams defence which meant Pogba did not necessarily need contribute immensely to the teams defence. The challenges expected from the potential future leader of Manchester United continues to flow in courtesy of sports journalists, football pundits and Manchester United fans but Pogba will be fine. He is a top quality footballer and will continue to flourish at Old Trafford if he remains at the club and Mourinho allows him the licence to roam forward next season.    

           

       Out wide, Mourinho will have Alexis Sanchez in the Left wing and who gets to start on the right wing spot on Saturday will be a question mark because of the potential competition between fellow England mates Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford. Both Lingard and Rashford have proven that they have earned a place in Saturdays starting line-up and the difficult decision of who starts this weekends rest on Mourinho shoulders. Sanchez is another Manchester United player whom has also received his own share of critics from football pundits as well. The Chilean has been criticized for keeping hold of the ball for too long, allows himself to be crowded out and stripped away from the ball. Mourinho himself has shown frustrations towards his team for dwelling on the ball for to long i.e. taking too many touches and Sanchez has been guilty of this accusation on few moments during games this season. With that being said, Sanchez misdemeanors has not taken away the fact that he has been an excellent performer for Manchester United ever since his move to Old Trafford and Manchester United will hope to see Sanchez put in an good shift along with the rest of the team tonight.

        Finally, we move on to Center Forward position which will be filled by Manchester United’s, big number 9, Romelu Lukaku. Or will it? Earlier this week and for the past weeks, Mourinho had delivered a devastating news to Manchester United fans worldwide when the Manager addressed the unclear news surrounding the injury Lukaku suffered and the possibility that Lukaku might not be match ready for tonight. Lukaku sustained his current injury during Manchester United final game of the season and has since been a doubt to feature in this weekends FA Cup final. With Lukaku still in doubt for tonight FA Cup final, it’s clear that Mourinho would implement another striker upfront and the news circling around is that Marcus Rashford is favourite to start tonight. Placing Rashford as the starting lone striker tonight will be beneficial for Manchester United for tonight’s FA Cup final because Chelsea defence have shown lack of pace for a few games this season. Antonio Rudiga and Gary Cahill whom are both expected to start for Manchester United’s opponents tonight, Chelsea, are not particularly known for their explosive burst of pace. So, should Mourinho choose to start with Rash-Ford up front this Saturday the strategy will only put Manchester United at an advantage to be victorious come the final whistle tomorrow. Saturdays game will be Manchester United’s final opportunity of silverware this season and the club will be desperate to end the season with the FA Cup sitting at the clubs’ trophy cabinet by the end of tomorrow at least. Manchester United remains, undoubtedly, one of richest football club in the world but the football club still operates as a business none the less. Like any business, the owners will never be shy to splash the necessary cash to buy needed players this summer but owners will be open to spend on the main bases that the team starts winning some level of trophies in Old Trafford once again. Few changes are expected in Manchester United in the form of new players this summer but players will be willing to sign only if the clubs’ appetite for success will match the players own. Victory on Sundays FA Cup final will not just be about giving Manchester United club as a whole some validation this seasons outcome but will serve to show the fans what is to come next season and also serve as more incentive to new players willing to join the club this summer. Victory might just be mandatory for Manchester United this Saturday.