Archives for July 2018

Manchester United beat Real Madrid 2-1 this evening in their final friendly in the United States. The exceedingly strange, and quite often miserable preseason USA tour is now over, but at least it ends it with a victory, the only one they achieved here without the need for penalty kicks. United will now fly home, and on Sunday, August 5 they will face Bayern Munich for their final friendly of the preseason.

Manager Jose Mourinho has been the lead story of this International Champions Cup, due to his incessant complaining about all that has gone wrong. However, all this will be water under the bridge if United start winning once the games actually count.

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Mercifully for Manchester United, tonight’s clash in Miami against Real Madrid is their final friendly in the United States. After this is over, the team will fly home and manager Jose Mourinho can find new things to complain about and other reasons to throw his own players under the bus.

Mourinho loves taking his team to train in Los Angeles, California every preseason, so it’s surprising that the overall tour didn’t work out too well this time. Mourinho knew it was a World Cup year too, so it’s quite shocking that he’s handling the absence of so many key players this poorly.

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It hasn’t been all negative on the Manchester United summer preseason exhibition tour. While the consistently poor results and incessantly complaining Jose Mourinho dominate the headlines, the mood in the dressing room reportedly remains high, and the boys are having some fun in the United States.

Here’s an example of some players showing off how they’re currently in high spirits- reserve goalkeeper Joel Pereira took to social media and posted a photo of summer transfer window addition Diogo Dalot flexing his muscles in a red United home kit with his name and #20 on it. Have a look:

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Jose Mourinho has complained an awful lot about numerous aspects of the International Champions Cup this month. The Manchester United manager has hit out at the attendance, the inability of the event to showcase individual star players, and the general worth/value it provides to fans.

While he certainly has some valid points, (especially so about inflated ticket prices) this much is true- he’s the ONLY manager complaining. While everyone else is dealing with similar conditions, Mt. Mourinho seems to be the only one erupting.

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Let’s take a spin through the latest Manchester United transfer rumors and gossip making the rounds on the internet today. As always, until it’s actually an officially done deal, take the rumors with a grain of salt.

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Manchester United are winding down their nightmarish preseason, as tomorrow night brings their final International Champions Cup clash, versus Real Madrid in Miami. This will be the club’s final friendly in the United States of America, and penultimate exhibition match of the 2018-19 season.

There is certainly no shortage of topics to discuss today, so let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet right now.

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For Manchester United, their nightmarish preseason continues tomorrow night with their final International Champions Cup clash, against Real Madrid in Miami. This will be United’s final friendly in the United States.

There is certainly no shortage of topics to discuss today, so let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet right now.

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