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Manchester United : Premier League Season Review 2016/17

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Premier League 2015/16 did not end well for us as we ended up 5th in the table and dropped to Europa League qualification stage.  The only good thing in the end was FA Cup win which was a bit of a morale booster but Louis Van Gaal could not save his job. The season 2016/17 started on a very good note;  4 good signings in our key areas: 1) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Player of the Year 2016 - Ligue 1) 2) Paul Pogba (Midfielder of the Year 2016 - Serie A) 3) Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Midfielder of the Year 2016 - Bundesliga) 4) Eric Baily (CAF Team of the Year 2016 - Africa) Jose Mourinho started off the campaign by Winning Community Shield against last year's Premier League Champion Liecester City.  The good spirit continued in the first month as we won the first three games in Premier League. The winning streak came to an end when  we lost to Manchester City at Old Trafford and then a back to back defeat against Watford away from home. The worst game for United was aw

Wayne Rooney - The gradual extinguishing of a Flame !

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The one with most goals for the club and the country, the one who scored THAT bicycle kick goal in Manchester Derby, arguably the most successful English player of our Era ....he goes by the name Wayne Rooney ! Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United from boyhood club Everton for the record signing of £25.6 million in August 2004. It was the highest fee ever paid for a player under 20 years old at that time and the rest as they call is history. Rise of a superstar Rooney announced his arrival in the most blockbuster way, scoring a Hattrick (and providing an assist to Bellion) at Old Trafford on his debut that too in a champions league match.  These goals made Rooney the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League. With this outstanding performance he raised the bar for himself and others.  Since then he has gone on to score 251 goals to date for Manchester United and established himself as the most prominent English stiker for the club and the coun