José Mourinho Has A Few Options In The Transfer Market

Posted: June 22, 2017 in Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester United, Opinion, Premier League
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We mere mortals can only speculate on what it must be like to have several million pounds available to spend. There is, however, a limit on how much of these several millions can actually be spent due to something called Financial Fair Play.

This was all the rage just a few short years ago and was tested out on Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. Both of these clubs benefitted through being purchased by Middle-Eastern billionaires who immediately went about spending some of their wealth on improving the teams. Read the rest of this entry »

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Three More Players Who, (Probably), Should Be Sold By Manchester United

Posted: June 21, 2017 in Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester United, Opinion, Premier League
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Following our recent article suggesting four players who would benefit from being sold and the interest it created, we are moved to follow up with another three who should join them on the transfer list.

As José Mourinho reads this, in between scanning the transfer rumours and trying to remember whether he paid his tax in Spain or not, he will no doubt be thinking how much sense it would make to rid his club of the following, if at all possible: Read the rest of this entry »

Manchester United Need To Finish In The Top Two Next Season, (Ronaldo Or No Ronaldo)

Posted: June 20, 2017 in Chelsea, European Football, Football, Jose Mourinho, Manchester United, Opinion
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This is not to say that José Mourinho would be sacked if he finished third although he might be on a bit of a tightrope if fourth was the best he could do, even though it would be an improvement on this year’s finish.

Obviously winning the Premier League would excuse any slip-ups in any other competition but, the lower the finish, then the better he has to do in the Champion’s League and the FA Cup. Read the rest of this entry »

Five Manchester United Quickbits

Posted: June 18, 2017 in European Football, Football, Manchester United, Opinion, Premier League
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Ronaldo shows that there’s plenty of petulance in the old dog yet

Cristiano Ronaldo is said to favour a move back to Manchester United. Now there’s a surprise! Only days after saying he wanted to stay and play for Real Madrid until he was forty, and that there was no chance he would ever go back to United, he now wants to go back to United, or so we are led to believe.

Tough luck, Cristiano, the world doesn’t work like that. If you wanted to play for Manchester United you should never have left. Now you want Manchester United but they don’t want, or need, you. That ship has sailed. Mind you, if there’s any truth in the rumour whatsoever, you would be welcome back. Read the rest of this entry »

Rarely Has The Old Saying “Never Go Back” Been More True Than It Is Now About Cristiano Ronaldo

Posted: June 17, 2017 in Arsenal, Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Opinion
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(Shhh! I made a mistake on my tax return but I think I got away with it!)

There is a very good chance that Cristiano Ronaldo will be playing his football at the Bernabeu again next season. Falling out with the Spanish tax authorities seems to be an occupational hazard when you are Him, Neymar or Lionel Messi.

The problem is that these players actually don’t know if they have done anything wrong or not. They employ accountants to save them money. They are probably kept informed about what is happening with their wealth although it is highly doubtful that many, if any of them, understand the intricacies of successful tax avoidance. Read the rest of this entry »

Four Players Manchester United Should Be Offloading

Posted: June 16, 2017 in Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester United, Opinion, Premier League, Transfers
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(Guess which four of this lot should be sold by United)

Whilst the rest of the footballing world watches with almost child-like, wide-eyed wonder at the movement of players through a metaphorical window, we here at WSA have reached the stage where we trust José Mourinho and are, therefore, happy with whoever he chooses to bring to the club.

That is not to say we won’t be watching, reading and listening for every player linked with United as well as the few who will actually arrive, it’s just that we have decided to look at who should be going in the opposite direction. In other words, who needs to leave Old Trafford? Who has overstayed his welcome, who isn’t good enough, who should never have been bought in the first place? That kind of thing. Read the rest of this entry »

Even After All That Money Has Been Spent The Best Players In The World Will Still Be In Spain

Posted: June 15, 2017 in Arsenal, Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Opinion
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This transfer window promises to see English Premier League clubs spend a massive amount of money, breaking the record set in the previous window yet again.

As of writing, Manchester City have already signed Bernardo Silva and Ederson, whilst Manchester United have signed Victor Lindelof. These two clubs alone are likely to spend many more millions before the window is locked until January. Read the rest of this entry »

Poor Gareth Is Finding Out What Everybody Else Has Known About England For 51 Years

Posted: June 14, 2017 in Arsenal, Chelsea, England, Football, International Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Opinion
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Unless England get another chance to play every game at Wembley, which nowadays certainly wouldn’t guarantee them anything, they will be nowhere near winning another World Cup.

Considering that they haven’t come close to winning anything in all that time, this is a very sad indictment of the nation who like to keep reminding the world that they invented football. Read the rest of this entry »

José Mourinho Is Showing The Way At Manchester United

Posted: June 13, 2017 in Chelsea, European Football, Football, Jose Mourinho, Manchester United, Opinion
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Judging by the amount of money with which José Mourinho has been entrusted to buy players during this transfer window, Manchester United seem pretty confident that he is the right man for the job medium to long-term. Bear in mind, he spent around £150 million in the last Summer window and is likely to spend anything between £100 and £200 million this time, maybe even a little more. Read the rest of this entry »

Football Might Be More Technical Today, But It Is More Popular Than Ever

Posted: June 12, 2017 in Arsenal, Chelsea, European Football, Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Opinion
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In the good old, (bad old?), days back when WSA was unheard of and was, in fact, just a strip of a lad, trekking down to Old Trafford every other week to watch a decent team which didn’t win very much , football was a very simple affair.

Arriving at the ground by 1:00pm if United were playing another big club usually ensured that we would get a seat in the Stretford End. If not then it would be standing in the Stretford End and, due to my size, or lack of, back in those days, standing did not always guarantee a view of the game. If United were playing a lesser team then we would arrive around 2:00pm and usually have no trouble getting a seat. Read the rest of this entry »

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