Portsmouth 0 Utd 1

Fletcher scored again and is now the only and top scorer for Utd!

Injuries had taken many senior players that Anderson needed to be rushed back from Beijing to start this game and the reserve only feature 1 senior player, Gary Neville.

A game away to Pompey is always not easy, and to come back with all 3 points with several frist-team players, including last season's top scorer is satisying enough.

Next will be the SuperCup game against Zenit, may the senior players come back soon.

No New Striker Yet

Weeks of speculation result in nothing for Utd's transfer. There were players out, but so far no new major signing, except for some young kids.

We are in dire need of a target man and none is in sight, though we have some young strikers in the squad, there seems not ready for the big stage yet. The oldest one, Manchuno, had never played in England and seems to get injured easily recently, though he is a decent striker. Campbell and Welbeck may play some parts, but not in big games. Dong is not even given a squad number.

So we are left with Rooney, Tevez and the injury-prone Saha.

England 2 Czech Republic 2

Joe Cole snatched a late draw for England in the friendly. But the highlight for Utd's fans is the first goal that Wes Brown socred for England to level the game just beofre half-time.

Silvestre to Arsenal

Silverstre had signed a 2-year contract with Arsenal for 750,000 pounds after 9 years at Utd. He is supposed to add experience and bolster the defence of the Gunners.

Utd 1 Newcastle 1

Utd were not sharp enough. Playing without Ronaldo and Tevez, Utd only came up with 1 goal despite dominating possession.
Martins scored with a header via a Newcastle corner in the 22 min when the defence went AWOL. Fletcher equalised 2 min later to earn Utd a point.
The game also saw Carrick and Giggs substituted due to injuries and debut of Brazilians, Rodrigo Possebon and Rafael da Silva. Frazier Campbell got to start and played decently well. But Utd need a target man to score more goals.

Community Shield, United 0 Portsmouth 0 (United win 3-1 on pens)

Utd claimed the Community Shield with a penalty shoot-out win over Portsmouth. There was no drama though as United sauntered through three successful spot-kicks with only Jermain Defoe successful in reply. It represented the first of what could turn out to be seven trophies for the Red Devils this season.

Ronaldo is staying..for now.

Despite Sir Alex Ferguson always insisting he would not be allowed to leave at any price, doubts still remained about Ronaldo’s future. His persistent failure to publically commit himself to Old Trafford, while stating his “dream” was to play in Spain only intensified speculation.

But Ronaldo has finally ended speculation about his future by announcing he will stay at United – for one more season at least after meeting with his manager.

“Therefore, I can confirm that, next season, I will play for Manchester United.” The news is a victory for Fergie who flew out to Portugal for talks with the winger last month. It is also a victory for United against Real, who have so incensed Old Trafford officials with their blatant bid to force a move through the Spanish media.

Dimitar Berbatov is on his way to Utd?

Dimitar Berbatov is apparently on his way. Press reports claim he told Spurs teammates he would join United by the end of the week.
The two clubs are very close to agreeing a fee which would be around 28m pound, much lower than the 38 Million Spurs wanted initially.