Ferguson In Rare Interview With Local Manchester Radio Station

As you may have already been reading in the sports sections of the various dailies, excerpts from Alex Ferguson's interviews with local Manchester station, Key 103 have been making their rounds. The topics vary from cooking to his CD collection to ultimately football, giving an insight to his life outside of running Manchester United.

You can download and hear the interview here.

In other news:
Knee Surgery Delays Foster's Return - Edwin Van der Sar looks to remain the no.1 when the new season starts. Pretty bad news for Ben Foster.

No New Contract for Smith - Another bummer for Alan Smith. After all the trials and tribulations he has had to endure since joining us and, more importantly, winning fans and teammates over, it sounds like a bad PR move for the club. Will see how this develops. Moreover this is reported by the Sun, not exactly the seagull you look to when searching for the trawler.

Nani Passes Medical - Nani and Anderson both passed medicals. No doubts in my mind here.

No Work Permit for Anderson - Yet another news bummer today. It's a pretty damn silly rule, given the circumstances. For goodness sake, he's only 19 years old! How many caps does the immigration department want him to have??? He's played for Brazil at numerous levels (just not for the senior side yet). Alternatively, we could actually have some use for Richardson. Since his cousin, Charley Uchea, wants to be a WAG so badly, he can introduce Anderson to her. The marriage will kill off three birds with one stone. Anderson will get a British passport, Charley gets the fame she so undeservedly wants, and Richardson gets some love from United fans. Of course the loser in the deal is Anderson, but we don't really care as along as he get to play. ;)

Goalmouth Scramble - Not entirely United related, but thought this was a pretty thought provoking read. Below are some quotes from Platini and I find it hard to disagree with him:

"If your laws allow a US [citizen] or Saudi to buy a club he can do, but I'm not in favour of that," he said. "Chelsea, Arsenal or West Ham, they are part of the patrimony of England. They are part of the English heritage. It is not just a problem of football, it is a problem of society, of the government and the minister of sport. I like the identity."

Mr Platini's preference is for national leagues to be as national as possible, extending from the owner to the youngest player: "If you have a [club] president from Russia, a coach from Portugal and 15 players from France, why do you play in the Premier League?"