On a par with '99
Harry Redknapp believes
his Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson has created a
squad which is close to matching the treble-winners of 1999.
Redknapp believes it is a mark of Ferguson's quality that he can
continue to deliver teams capable of competing at the very highest
level, typified by the famous Champions League-winning side of
almost nine years ago. "Alex has done a fantastic job there, hasn't
he? I was at Bournemouth when I first met him 20-odd years ago and
the team he's put together now could be one of his best," said the
Portsmouth manager. "He's up there with all the great managers;
Cloughie, Shankly, Busby – all the greats. Alex is not far from
having another team as good as the one which had David Beckham, Roy
Keane, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs in his prime and won the
treble," Redknapp added. "But with Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Rio
Ferdinand and the rest of them now it's another fantastic team. You
can't write off Chelsea and certainly not Arsenal but, for me,
United are still favourites to take the title again."
Bill Pierce, The Independent
The Sun claims Sir Alex has demanded that
the Old Trafford pitch be relayed. The club will reportedly have to
shell out around £250,000 to get the pitch redone in time for the
Manchester derby in 11 days’ time.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph reckons United sent scouts to
Sporting Lisbon's game with Porto at the weekend, allegedly
watching Lisbon’s Miguel Veloso and Porto’s
Jose Boswinga.
