Anders Lindegaard Out With Injury

February 7, 2012 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Anders Lindegaard

Anders Linde­gaard

Reportedly, Manchester United´s second choice shot stop­per Anders Linde­gaard has suffered lig­a­ment dam­age and will prob­ably be side­lined for at least a month. Linde­gaard, who joined Manchester United from Nor­we­gian club Aale­sund in Novem­ber 2010, turned his ankle in train­ing and man­ager Sir Alex Fer­guson has con­firmed that the Den­mark inter­na­tional will miss at least four weeks, maybe five or six.

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Nani Could Be Out For Several Weeks

January 26, 2012 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Nani

Nani

Accord­ing to the latest news reports, bandy legged flank­man Luis Nani is most likely to miss Manchester United’s FA Cup Fourth Round tie with his­tor­ical enemies Liv­er­pool at Anfield Road this week­end. The Por­tuguese inter­na­tional, who has been in great form this cam­paign, was injured in the close 2–1 win away to Arsenal last Sunday and could be side­lined for sev­eral weeks with dam­aged ankle ligaments.

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Jesper Olsen Failed To Settle Down

March 17, 2011 by Chris Marker · Leave a Comment 

Jesper Olsen

Jes­per Olsen

Born in Den­mark, Jes­per Olsen ignited his pro­fes­sional soc­cer career with Ajax of Ams­ter­dam before the excit­ing out­side left was bought by Manchester United man­ager Ron Atkin­son for an estim­ated fee of £350,000 in the sum­mer of 1984. Always will­ing to give his very best try, the free flow­ing flank­man made his first league appear­ance for his new club in a 1–1 draw with Wat­ford at Old Traf­ford on the open­ing day of the 1984–85 campaign.

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Wayne Rooney Fails To Score

February 10, 2011 by Chris Marker · 1 Comment 

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Goals from Dar­ren Bent and Ash­ley Young gave Fabio Capello´s Eng­land their first win in Copen­ha­gen since they beat Den­mark 4–3 in Septem­ber 1978. The Three Lions, who came from behind to win the battle 2–1 on account of the fact that they were a far bet­ter team on the night, star­ted the inter­na­tional friendly match well and Wayne Rooney almost scored inside five minutes but the Manchester United centre forward´s effort was blocked.

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Manchester United’s Great Dane

April 28, 2010 by Chris Marker · 1 Comment 

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel, who was born in Copen­ha­gen to a Pol­ish father and a Dan­ish mother, was to become a key mem­ber in the now legendary Manchester United side of the 1990s. The Brondby goal­keeper was bought by Manchester United for a bar­gain £500,000 in 1991 and dur­ing his eight years at the club he won the Premier League on five occa­sions and the FA Cup three times as well as the UEFA Cham­pi­ons League.

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