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Zehan Arif makes his OOTB debut with this tribute to one of his heroes, Nemanja Vidic. On the 29th of January, Nemanja Vidić officially...
When it comes to the playing staff, signings are a great way to improve the squad, both in terms of quality and depth, and...
Matteo Darmian has had a steady start to life in Manchester. What has stood out about the Italian is that his defensive attributes are...
Manchester United and Liverpool were both in the market for a right-back in the recent transfer window. The 2 English giants got their men...
An extract taken from A Season in the Red by Jamie Jackson, chronicles the eventful end to Louis van Gaal’s first transfer window as...
Vatsal Dani analyses the much anticipated debut of Manchester United’s star signing, Memphis Depay. The Premier League kicked off this Saturday amidst much fanfare...
If few would’ve envisioned Robin van Persie joining Manchester United in 2012, then even fewer would’ve thought he’d last just a year at the...
Javier Hernandez’s Manchester United career hasn’t exactly panned out the way he would have envisioned when he first came to England. Having donned the...
Wayne Rooney has had plenty of successful goalscoring seasons with Manchester United, with credit owed to his suppliers just as much. The past couple...
There were question marks over Juan Mata’s future at Manchester United in the first half of the season but a switch to 4-3-3 saw...
It is rare to see fans of a successful club dislike the owners on a large scale but that’s the exact situation at Manchester...
Manchester United’s spending spree last summer turned quite a few heads. Out of their acquisitions, a certain Angel Di Maria stood out as he...
Many had thought that Chris Smalling’s days at Manchester United were numbered after a few blunders at the start of this season but the...
For three clubs hailing from contrasting societies and footballing cultures, they have striking similarities. For one, each of them has a history immense enough...
One of the key men in Manchester United’s resurgence of late is Ashley Young. Since moving to Manchester, the former Aston Villa winger has...
Marouane Fellaini was seen as a symbol of everything wrong about the brief David Moyes era at Old Trafford. Thus, with Moyes shown the...
At the beginning of this month, I had the privilege of attending an event at Grosvenor Casinos in Didsbury alongside other football writers including...
Arsenal made their way past Manchester United in the FA Cup last week thanks to a goal from the latter’s home grown hero, Danny...
There was much uproar after Sam Allardyce’s tongue-in-cheek reaction after his side’s game against Manchester United. Louis van Gaal deemed it worthy a retort...
Manchester United’s formations have been the topic of many a discussion this season. Louis van Gaal’s persistence with a three man defence clearly wasn’t...
Much has been spoken about who would be the privileged one to spearhead Manchester United’s attack this season. With Robin van Persie slowly letting...
With Louis van Gaal at the helm, the 2nd half of the season was supposed to be when the new and improved Manchester United...
Joseph Solomon has a look at the Premier League’s history with a three man defensive system, it’s current implementation and if it can sustainably...
Moving on from the Ferguson era was always going to be hard for both players and fans and the 2013-14 campaign under David Moyes...
Coming off a busy and relatively successful World Cup campaign, it was predicted by many that Robin van Persie would feel the effects of...
Marouane Fellaini’s transfer from Everton and the season that followed under David Moyes has been under severe scrutiny by the media and fans alike....
Manchester United’s last four games show van Gaal’s team is beginning to tick at a particularly crucial time. Tom Chambers documents how United have slowly...
The critics have been sharpening their knives for a while now and have been increasingly vocal in the past few weeks. The damning accusation...
Manchester United’s relatively easy start to the season in terms of fixtures led to widespread belief that van Gaal would soon get the best...
Manchester United’s summer signing, Ander Herrera, has proved to be an impressive solution to their midfield problems. Tom Chambers writes why the Spaniard has...
Manchester United’s transfer window splurge has set the tongues wagging. Rival fans and journalists alike were quick to proclaim that it was not in...
Danny Welbeck is a player that a lot of Manchester United fans wanted to see flourish at Old Trafford. Born in Manchester and an...
The loss of the experienced duo of Vidic and Ferdinand left Manchester United short in terms of both personnel and experience at the back....
The fact that Angel Di Maria was on sale in the recent transfer window was quite apparent. His eventual destination though was not. PSG...
United’s switch to the 3-5-2 formation has been much talked about by fans and critics alike. One of the major reasons for Van Gaal’s...
Angel Di Maria signing, Ferguson’s mistakes, Van Gaal’s issues, United’s commercial appeal and Dumbledore (yes, really!), this article covers it all. For a brief...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and landing up disappointed when the clubs fail to meet...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across...
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Wayne Rooney is well and truly an English enigma. Third leading scorer of all time for the most famous English club and fifth leading...