Guus Hiddink Does A 'Keegan'

Guus Hiddink seems to have gone all 'Kevin Keegan' as the pressure gets to him in the race for the Premiership. He was talking at a press conference and went off on one saying he would 'love it' if Chelsea caught Manchester United. He has more chance of doing that than Keegan has of managing a club for more than 6 months without crying off and running away.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is confident his team will not panic if their lead in the Premier League starts eroding.

"The experience we have garnered over the years helps us, we don't panic. We very seldom have. Even in games we always keep playing our football and remain patient. Matches at Stoke and Bolton have been won like that this season. It is not an easy to do when you are chasing titles."

Give it up Guus or you'll end up like Keegan, hiding away in Spain every time the pressure builds up. You're better off hiding away in Russia accepting the roubles from that crook billionaire Abramobitch.....Back To Home Page...

Kryiakos Papadopoulos For Manchester United ?

Whilst perusing the Sunday newspapers this morning I was a bit taken aback to read that Manchester United are more than keen on a young boy from Greece who goes by the name of Kryiakos Papadopoulos. Doesn't Mr Papadopoulos own the laundrette in Eastenders ? First impressions tell me that this young man's father might own a kebab shop and that young Kryiakos has been helping himself to some of the fare on offer on more than one ocassion. He is not underweight, that's for sure.

The centre-half is considered one of the best defensive prospects in European football. Still only 16, Papadopoulos is already part of the first-team squad at the Karaiskakis Stadium and became the youngest player in Greek League history last season.

United have been keeping checks on Papadopoulos since he made his debut and they were one of a number of clubs to enquire about him over the summer. Now it is claimed by leading Greek sports paper Fos ton Spor that both United and Newcastle have made firm offers to the Athens side. It states that both Premier League clubs have confirmed they would be willing to pay €4million (£3.1million).

It remains to be seen whether Olympiakos would be willing to talk, as Papadopoulos only recently signed a new long-term contract with a get-out clause of €6million (£4.6million) and that is likely to be the fee they demand for the youngster.....Back To home Page