Squad List pre-season Tour Manchester United to America

Manchester United will lead a tour to America in mid-July. One game in Canada, while the other three games will be conducted in the United States. MU will start the tour with a face Celtic on July 16. After that, MU will face the Philadelphia Union (July 21), Kansas City Wizards (July 25), and the MLS All Stars (July 28). MU also announced that they will face Guadalajara on July 30.

List of players who come to fly to America. There are as many as 22 players. Here is the name 22 players who took part fly to the U.S.:

Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov, O'Shea, Brown, Rafael, Evans, Fletcher, Gibson, Smalling, Nani, Fabio, Macheda, Welbeck, Hernandez (will join in Houston on July 27), Diouf, Cleverley, De Laet, Corry Evans, Ben Amos, and Gabriel Obertan.


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Gabriel Obertan Biography

Born 26 February 1989 in Pantin, France. He is a French footballer currently playing for Manchester United of England. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play in the centre of midfield and as a striker. A former attendee of the famous Clairefontaine academy, Obertan began his professional career playing for Bordeaux in France, before joining Manchester United for an undisclosed fee in July 2009. He is a member of the France U21 football team and was named as France's best player overall at the 2009 Toulon Tournament.

Obertan began his career playing for his local club in Pantin before moving to a higher level joining Paris FC in 2002. After spending a year there, he did what most youths at Paris FC often do and joined Paris-Saint Germain. Following another year of training, he moved to the famed Clairefontaine academy in order to further his development. It was here where he was first spotted by Bordeaux scouts. After a year at Clairefontaine, he moved to Bordeaux to begin training with them.

On 6 July 2009, French newspaper L'Equipe announced that Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud had reached an agreement with English club Manchester United for the transfer of Obertan with Triaud stating that an agreement had been reached several weeks ago and that the player had agreed contract terms. The following day, Obertan successfully passed his medical in Manchester and, on 8 July, signed his contract officially making him a Manchester United player. The transfer fee was undisclosed, but is believed to be in the region of £3 million, with Obertan joining the club on a four-year deal.


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Danny Welbeck Biography

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah "Danny" Welbeck, born 26 November 1990. He is an English footballer, who plays for Manchester United. His regular position is as a winger or a striker.

Welbeck born in Longsight, Manchester, England, to Ghanaian parents, Welbeck joined Manchester United during the 2005–06 season, making his debut for the club's Under-18 side on 8 April 2006 in a league match against Sunderland. He then came on as a substitute in the next game, before being named as an unused substitute in the team's last two games of the season. The following season, he made a further 28 appearances for the Under-18s, scoring nine goals, including eight appearances and one goal in the FA Youth Cup, in which he helped the team to reach the final, despite being two years younger than some of the other players.

Welbeck signed his first trainee contract in July 2007, and started the 2007–08 season in the Under-18 side, but was quickly promoted to the Reserve team, making a number of substitute appearances. Then, in January 2008, he was called up to the first team for the trip to Saudi Arabia to play Al-Hilal in Sami Al-Jaber's testimonial. Welbeck made his debut in that game on 21 January 2008, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Anderson. He had the chance to snatch a draw for United when he was brought down in the penalty area in the final minute, but he put the penalty kick over the bar.

On 25 January 2008, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that Welbeck would be considered a first team squad member for the rest of the 2007–08 season. On 9 February 2008, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that his would be involved in the matchday squad for the Manchester derby the following day. He also hinted that Welbeck may be involved from the start of the game. This did not come to pass however, as he was left out of the team entirely.

Welbeck made his competitive debut for the Manchester United first team on 23 September 2008, starting up front in the team's League Cup Third Round match at home to Middlesbrough. On 25 January 2010, Welbeck became Alex Ferguson's son Darren's first signing as Preston North End manager since he took charge earlier in the month, signing on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. He made his debut the next day, starting up front against Darren Ferguson's former club, Peterborough United;

In international career Welbeck made his England Under-16s debut as a 14-year-old in October 2005 against Wales in the Victory Shield, which England won that year. He then progressed to the England Under-17s team, scoring the decider in a qualifying game against Serbia, to help his team progress to the 2007 UEFA U-17 European Championship. The tournament saw England finish as runners-up to Spain, which secured the team a place in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea. There, Welbeck scored two goals against New Zealand, helping England to reach the quarter-finals in their first involvement in the tournament. Welbeck was originally intended to be a squad member for England's European Under-19 Championship campaign in July 2008, but was forced to withdraw. He eventually made his debut for the Under-19s on 9 September 2008, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 win over the Netherlands. Welbeck made his England under-21 debut on 10 February 2009, in the 3–2 loss to Ecuador.


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Wayne Rooney Biography

Wayne Mark Rooney, born 24 October 1985 in Croxteth, Liverpool, England. Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club and the Manchester UnitedEngland national team.

Aged 10, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, making his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. Since then, he has won the Premier League three times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and also two League Cups.

Rooney began playing for Liverpool Schoolboys and at the age of 10 was signed on schoolboy terms by Everton F.C. After scoring in an FA Youth Cup match, he revealed a T-shirt under his jersey that read, "Once a Blue, always a Blue." Since he was under 17 at the time and therefore ineligible for a professional contract, he was playing for £80 a week and living with his family on one of the country's most deprived council estates.

At the end of the 2003–04 season, citing Everton's inability to challenge for European competition (they had finished seventh the previous season and only just missed out on a UEFA Cup place, but in 2003–04, finishing in 17th place, had narrowly avoided relegation), Rooney requested a transfer that Everton refused to oblige unless the transfer fee was in excess of £50 million. A three-year, £12,000-a-week contract offer from the club was snubbed by Rooney's agent in August 2004, leaving Manchester United and Newcastle United to compete for his signature. The Times reported that Newcastle were close to signing Rooney for £18.5 million, as confirmed by Rooney's agent, but Manchester United ultimately won the bidding war and Rooney signed at the end of the month after a £25.6 million deal with Everton was reached. It was the highest fee ever paid for a player aged under 20, Rooney was still only 18 years old when he left Everton.

Rooney made his United debut on 28 September 2004 in a 6–2 Champions League group stage win over Fenerbahçe, scoring a hat-trick along with an assist. However, his first season at Old Trafford ended trophyless as United could only manage a third place finish in the league (having been champions or runners-up on all but two previous occasions since 1992) and failed to progress to the last eight of the UEFA Champions League. United had more success in the cup competitions, but were edged out of the League Cup in the semi finals by a Chelsea side who also won the Premier League title that season, and a goalless draw with Arsenal in the FA Cup final was followed by a penalty shoot-out defeat. However, Rooney was United's top league scorer that season with 11 goals, and was credited with the PFA Young Player of the Year award. Rooney collected his first Premier League title winner's medal at the end of the 2006–07 season, but has yet to pick up an FA Cup winner's medal; he had to settle for a runners-up medal in the 2007 FA Cup Final.

In international career Rooney became the youngest player to play for England when he earned his first cap in a friendly against Australia on 12 February 2003 at seventeen, the same age in which he also became the youngest player to score an England goal. Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott broke Rooney's appearance record by 36 days in June 2006. His first tournament action was at Euro 2004, in which he became the youngest scorer in competition history on 17 June 2004, when he scored twice against Switzerland; however, this record was topped by Swiss midfielder Johan Vonlanthen four days later. Rooney suffered an injury in the quarterfinal match against Portugal and England were eliminated on penalties. During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, after England drew with Algeria, the England players were booed off the pitch by supporters.


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Dimitar Berbatov Biography

Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov, Born in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria on 30 January 1981. He began his football career with his local club, Pirin Blagoevgrad, but joined CSKA Sofia as a 17-year-old in 1998. In January 2001, he was signed by Bayer Leverkusen, and 18 months later, he played in his first UEFA Champions League final, coming on as a substitute for Thomas Brdarić in the 2002 final against Real Madrid. After five-and-a-half years with Leverkusen, he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur, before joining Manchester United two years later.

Berbatov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United of England and is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Bulgarian national team. He has won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year award six times, surpassing the number of wins by Hristo Stoichkov. He is distinctive for his skillful, seemingly effortless style of play, which has earned him praise but also a perception as being "lazy".

At the age of just 17, Berbatov moved to CSKA Sofia following in the footsteps of his father, Ivan, who also played for the club as a left winger and later as a defender. He played for CSKA Sofia in the Bulgarian A PFG between 1998 and January 2001, making his debut as an 18-year-old in the 1998–99 season. He started to make his name the following year when he scored 14 goals in 27 league games and won the Bulgarian Cup in 1999.

After much speculation, Berbatov completed a move to Manchester United on 1 September 2008 for an initial fee of £23.4 million, with Fraizer Campbell joining Tottenham on a season-long loan as part of the deal. This came despite Tottenham accepting a bid for Berbatov from Manchester City on the same day. Berbatov's contract to United is for four years, and he wears the number 9 shirt previously worn by Louis Saha. Berbatov later insisted he never even considered a move to Manchester City.

in international career Berbatov made his debut for Bulgaria on 17 November 1999 in a friendly match against Greece. On 12 February 2000, he scored his first goal for the national side in a friendly match against Chile. On 14 October 2009, he netted a hat-trick in the 6–2 home win in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Georgia. On 18 November 2009, he scored two goals against Malta for a 4–1 away win in a friendly match and became the all-time top scorer of the national team of Bulgaria.

Berbatov was also the captain of the team from 2006 to 2010, succeeding Stiliyan Petrov in 2006. On 13 May 2010, Berbatov announced his retirement from international football, citing his growing disillusionment with the side amid recent criticism of his performances, as well as some personal concerns.

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Michael Owen Biography

Michael James Owen, born 14 December 1979 in Chester. He is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United. Michael Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first full season in the Premier League he finished as joint top scorer. He repeated the feat the following year and was Liverpool's top goal scorer from 1997–2004, in spite of a recurring hamstring injury. His first major club honours came in 2001 when Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or that year. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the English Premier League for Liverpool.

Owen moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in mid-2004 but was frequently used as a substitute. In spite of this, he scored 13 goals in La Liga and had the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. He returned to England the following season, joining Newcastle United for £16 million. He had a promising start to the 2005–06 season but injuries largely ruled him out over the next 18 months. After his return he became team captain and was the team's top scorer for the 2007–08 season. After the final season of his four year contract, Newcastle were relegated, and Owen moved to Manchester United as a free agent.

Internationally, Owen first played for the senior England team in 1998, becoming England's youngest player and youngest goalscorer at the time. His performance at the 1998 World Cup brought him to national and international prominence and he went on to appear, and score, in Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He is the only player to ever have scored in four major tournaments for England. He played at the 2006 World Cup but suffered an injury which took him a year to recover from. Occasionally playing as captain, he is England's seventh most-capped player and has scored a national record of 26 competitive goals, with 40 in total from 89 appearances.

Tom Cleverley Biography

Thomas William "Tom" Cleverley, born 12 August 1989 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, but grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester United. Although his regular position is in midfield, he is also equally able to play in defence when required.

In recognition of his sterling work for the reserves, on 24 July 2008, Cleverley was called up to the Manchester United first team for the remainder of their tour of South Africa and the match against Portsmouth in Nigeria. He made his first team debut against Kaizer Chiefs in the final of the 2008 Vodacom Challenge, coming on in place of Rodrigo Possebon at half-time, before he scored the third of United's four goals just after the hour mark.

He returned to regular reserve team duty for the 2008–09 season, but was given a first team squad number 35 when the first team squad list was announced on 15 August 2008, and was named on the bench for United's League Cup matches against Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers.

On 18 August 2009, Cleverley signed for Watford on loan. He was then able to play in the Hornets' match away to Nottingham Forest that evening. He started the match and was booked within four minutes of the start of the second half, but then sealed a 4–2 win with a goal in the second minute of injury time at the end of the game. Cleverley returned to Manchester United for the 2010–11 season, and travelled with the squad for their pre-season tour of the United States in July 2010.


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Darron Thomas Daniel Gibson Biography

Born 25 October 1987 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He is an Irish footballer who plays for Manchester United. Having previously been loaned out to Royal Antwerp and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gibson was assigned the number 28 shirt in Manchester United Squad.

A former pupil of St Columb's College, Gibson played junior football in the Derry and District League, and then with Institute F.C. before joining Manchester United in 2004. He made his senior debut for United on 26 October 2005 in a League Cup game against Barnet, coming on as a substitute for Lee Martin. During the 2005–06 season he played regularly for Manchester United Reserves, helping them win a treble. He made 19 appearances, scoring twice. In May 2006, he won the prestigious Jimmy Murphy Award as United's youth player of the year and then played regularly for the United senior team during their pre-season summer games. Together with Dong Fangzhuo, Jonny Evans, Fraizer Campbell and Danny Simpson, he was one of several United players who spent the 2006–07 season on loan at Royal Antwerp. In October 2007, he was loaned out again, this time to Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he spent the majority of the 2007–08 season. At Wolves he scored once, against Burnley on 8 December 2007.

In International Career Gibson was at the centre of a dispute between the Irish Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland over the eligibility of players born within Northern Ireland to represent the Republic of Ireland. Normally, players not born within the territory of the Association they wish to represent must demonstrate to FIFA that they have a valid "connection" (ancestry or residence) with that territory. However, the unique position in Northern Ireland, whereby citizenship of the Republic of Ireland is the "birthright" of every person born on the island of Ireland if they so wish, meant that Gibson was eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland at international level. As a result, Gibson was approached to represent both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at international level. In the wake of the controversy which this dispute engendered, certain other players from Northern Ireland have sought to take advantage of this application of the eligibility rules by FIFA. However, this does not (as yet, at least) appear to have "opened the floodgates", since of the three other senior players who sought to declare for the Republic of Ireland, Tony Kane and Michael O'Connor both reversed their initial decision and reverted to Northern Ireland and it turns out that a third, Marc Wilson, who opted to stay with the Republic of Ireland, has in any case a grandparent who was born in the Republic.

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Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera Biography

Born 4 August 1985 in Lago Agrio, Ecuador. Commonly known as Antonio Valencia, is an Ecuadorian football winger who currently plays for Manchester United and the Ecuadorian national team.

Before he join Manchester United, he joined Wigan Athletic. On 30 June 2009, Valencia became Manchester United's first summer signing, having cut his holiday short to have a medical with the club. He has signed a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be in the region of £16 million.

In international career , Valencia's gained his first international cap for Ecuador and netted his first two international goals in the process, coming in a 5-2 FIFA World Cup qualifying win against Paraguay. Three days later on March 30 he again scored in a qualifying match, this time netting in 2-2 draw away to Peru. Valencia played in all of Ecuador's 2006 FIFA World Cup matches, and was chosen as a nominee for FIFA's ideal 11 team, which recognises the top stars for every position in the World Cup.

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Darren Barr Fletcher Biograf

Born 1 February 1984 in Dalkeith, Scotland. He is a Scottish footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester United. A product of United's youth academy, Fletcher initially struggled to break into the first team but now regularly features in the midfield. He usually plays in central midfield or right midfield but can provide cover for the defence as well.

Fletcher has been at Manchester United for his whole career coming up from the youth team. Fletcher joined Manchester United as a trainee in July 2000 and he signed a professional contract in February 2001. He was initially seen as a right midfielder in the David Beckham mould and was tipped by many to break into the first team with ease and stay there for many years to come. His first few seasons at the club, however, were marred by injury, and as he developed came to be viewed more as a central midfielder.

In the 2007–08 season, with the further arrival at the club of playmakers Owen Hargreaves and Anderson and winger Nani, Fletcher played even less than during the previous season, and was even rumoured at one time to want to leave the club out of displeasure at not playing enough. Indeed, as before, Ferguson preferred Carrick, Scholes, Giggs and Ronaldo to him in midfield, and he even played less than the new arrivals

The 2009–10 season has seen Fletcher consolidate his place in the heart of the United midfield, starting all the important games for United.

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United's pre-season without Neville

Facing competition next season, Manchester United will prepare a pre-season and underwent their first destination is Chicago, United State. But The Red Devils will go without Neville, he's back injury and was forced to stay in Manchester to restore his injury.

In addition to Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are not included in the list of 22 players who brought Fergie.

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Darren Fletcher can't wait for United's pre-season

Many of the players have spent this week at Carrington undergoing a series of tests after an eight-week summer break. Fletcher’s enjoyed being back at work, but it's the trip to North America he’s most excited about.

The Reds will begin the tour with a training camp in Chicago before playing games in Toronto, Philadelphia, Kansas City and Houston.

“It’s a great tour in America,” Darren told MUTV. “We’ve not been there in a while. And although three weeks is going to be a long time to be away, there’ll be some good games. Personally, playing against Celtic [in Toronto] will be interesting as I’ll be up against a few of my Scottish team-mates. But I'm looking forward to it all really.”

The 26 year-old knows the coaching staff will work the players hard in America, but hopes he’ll also have the chance to explore his surroundings.

“There won't be thousands of fans outside the hotel so maybe the lads will be able to get into the cities and wander about and take in a few sights," Fletcher added. "[Pre-season] is important business in terms of getting fit for the start of the season, but there will be some time for relaxation, which the lads will enjoy.”

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Owen injured again

Owen Hargreaves back injury wracked, because of this injury he was certain to be absent at the beginning of the season with Manchester United. This case was reported directly by Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV.

This makes her knees she had to undergo therapy with a medical team to immediately restore the injury and immediately join the team.

Owen Hargreaves has been wracked season knee injury and has made various efforts to deal with these injuries, the end of the 2009/2010 season he played with the team but injured knee reserved swept back.


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Sneijder did not want to leave Inter

Ferguson seems to desire to bring Sneijder should disappear after the latest news sneijder issued by the agency, which says that the desire Sneijder who want to extend his contract with Inter with a net salary per season at 3.5 million pounds or approximately USD 48 billion . Sneijder is suspected to be tied to Inter in June 2015.

Sneijder is expected to strengthen the midfield for Manchester United which was held by Paul Scholes, who were no longer young and should be replaced. Scintillating enough to bring her appearance to the final round dutch increasingly makes Ferguson think twice to get it.
Other than price to be inflated, the factor of Rafael Benitez as the main enemy now in liverpool and now coach at Inter Milan.


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Paul Scholes Biograf

Born 16 November 1974 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. He is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United as a midfielder. He is a one club man, having spent his entire professional career with the 'Red Devils'.

Scholes was not a member of Manchester United's 1992 FA Youth Cup-winning squad that included future senior teammates David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, but he was part of the youth team that reached the final in the following season, alongside Phil Neville. Scholes turned professional on 23 July 1993 and was issued with the number 24 shirt, but did not make his breakthrough into the senior squad until the 1994–95 season, when he made seventeen league appearances and scored five goals.

Scholes moved to the midfielder and forward attack positions in the 1997–98 after Roy Keane suffered a knee injury in late September and did not play again that season. United finished the season without a major trophy, only the second time in the 1990s that this happened.

In international career, Scholes made his international debut against South Africa in 1997 in a 2–1 friendly win at Old Trafford, and was included in the England squad for the 1998 World Cup. in July 2006, following Eriksson's departure, there was talk of Scholes making himself available for international duty again under new manager Steve McClaren, but nothing ever came of it. In May 2010, McClaren's successor Fabio Capello approached Scholes about a return to international football in the run-up to the World Cup in 2010, but the player rejected the offer saying he'd prefer to spend time with his family.


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Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha Biograf

Commonly known as Nani, born 17 November 1986 in Praia, Cape Verde. He is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for English side Manchester United and the Portugal national team.

Nani grew up supporting Sporting CP and played junior football alongside Ricardo Vaz Tê at Massamá youth club Real Sport Clube, before joining the youth squad of Sporting CP. Nani made his debut for Sporting in 2005–06, making 29 appearances and scoring four goals. In his second season, he had similar numbers with 29 appearances and five goals. He also played in six European games, scoring once.

Nani was sold to Manchester United for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £14–17 million, five percent of which was paid to Real de Massamá. He passed his medical on 6 June 2007, and signed a five-year contract a month later, joining Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo with whom he lived for a time at the start of his United career at the club.

Nani made his Portugal debut in 2006, scoring his first goal in the process, and has since established himself as a key member for them. He heavily featured during Euro 2008 and throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process.


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Michael Carrick Biograf

Born 28 July 1981 in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England. He is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United as a midfielder. He previously played for West Ham United and more recently Tottenham Hotspur.

Before the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Carrick then moved to Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £2.75 million in order to play in the Premier League. The following two seasons at Tottenham were a major success for him as Spurs enjoyed an upturn in footballing fortunes with major investments in new players and a new management.


On 31 July 2006, Carrick moved to Manchester United. An initial bid of £10 million by United was rejected, though a later bid with a £14 million basic fee, potentially rising to £18.6m depending on club and player success, was accepted. This potentially makes Carrick the sixth most expensive player acquired by Manchester United at the time.
He was given the number 16 shirt for Manchester United, previously worn by former captain Roy Keane.


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Christopher Lloyd Smalling Biograf

Popularly known as Chris Smalling. He Born 22 November 1989 in Greenwich, London. Smalling started playing football at the age of nine for Walderslade Boys. He is a new player Manchester United the newly imported from Fulham On 26 January 2010. He is also played for England Under-20 team.

After failing to settle at any football league academy, Smalling opted to continue his education at Chatham Grammar School for Boys. Whilst still at school he played for Isthmian League side Maidstone United. At the age of 17, Smalling made his competitive debut for 'The Stones', starting against Canvey Island in the Isthmian League Cup.

In June 2008 Smalling signed for Premier League side Fulham. He was made captain of the club's Development Squad by manager Billy McKinlay.
Manchester United announced that they had signed Smalling, with the player staying at Fulham for the remainder of the 2009–10 season before joining United for 2010–11.


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Ferguson still intends to train Manchester United

How often preached about retirement already missed Sir Alex Ferguson, Ferguson finally speak in public about his desire to train Manchester United. He has not minded to retire as coach Mancheter United, although he has trained over 25 years but he still feels not satisfied because he felt Manchester United still have won the event with him. he is still actively looking for young seedlings brought to Old Trafford for Manchester United prepare to face more hard match in the English league. eye on the players that include, Hernandes, soris Ninis, Alexis sanchez, Sessegnon and other players to strengthen the "Reds Devil", which is famous "Manchester United".

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Park Ji-Sung Biograf

Born 25 February 1981 in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, South Korea is a South Korean footballer who plays for the English club Manchester United and is the captain of the South Korean national team. Park Ji-Sung signed for Manchester United for £4 million from PSV Eindhoven.

In the closing months of the 2004-05 season, Park was scouted by Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, who was impressed with Park's lively style of play and superb fitness. On June 22, 2005 Park signed for English Premiership side Manchester United from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven for £4 million, subject to a medical and work permit. His work permit was initially denied, but was granted on July 5 following an appeal from United.

As expected, he impressed during Manchester United's pre-season tour of the Far East, as well as in the first game of the season against Everton with his tireless, pacey roaming of the pitch and pressuring of opponents, such that Ferguson picked him over Ryan Giggs and the popular Cristiano Ronaldo against Aston Villa on 20 August the following week. His lack of composure in front of goal is considered his main weakness.

On August 11, Manchester United announced that Park had extended his contract with the club until 2010. Speaking of Park's commitment to the club, Ferguson said "Ji-Sung has had an impressive first year and I'm pleased to have secured him to the end of the decade at least. He has adapted well to the Premiership. His awareness and ability are first class."


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