Posts Tagged ‘Ferguson’

Ryan Giggs And Paul Scholes

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

According to the latest news, Sir Alex Ferguson is supposed to have revealed the thing that Manchester Utd is ready to offer its veteran duo Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes a contract extension of 12 months.

Their entire career, they have played at Old Trafford and now they want to sign new deals in order to underline their loyalty for The Red Devils.

Ryan Giggs is known to be the reigning PFA Player of the Year such as the latest Premier League player known to have scored around 100 goals.

In this time, Paul Scholes didn’t give up and he has built a legacy at Manchester Utd, still having quality in his game in despite of his age of over 35 years.

Ferguson claimed that “Ryan will be offered a new contract for next season, which is an indication of what we think of him coming up to 37 next season, and Paul knows he will be offered one as well”. He also added that Ryan Giggs is a great example for young people today. Related to Paul Scholes Ferguson said that “I spoke to Paul and he said he didn’t actually say he was thinking of his future”.

Eventually, all was said so that the only thing they wanted was quality and performance.

Man U without Evra, Ferdinand for next batch

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has been ruled out for three weeks with a foot injury.

Patrice Evra was replaced midway through the second half in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Chelsea, while Ferdinand has already missed the defending champions’ past five matches because of a back problem that requires more rest.

Patrice Evra had just returned from a four match suspension, was hurt crossing the ball on Wayne Rooney’s goal against Chelsea.

Patrice Evra said: “It’s something I’ve had since the Romania match with France in October.

“My foot tensed up after the cross, but for the moment I’m just thinking of the victory.”

Ferguson said  “He just went over on his foot and damaged the ligament in the bottom of his foot. We’re trying to get the swelling down at the moment and there’s a lot of blood in there which needs to be cleared up.

“That will take around eight to 10 days. Then we’ll get back into training.”