Cristiano Ronaldo back to training
The Manchester United star player Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to training with his team after he was out for a more than a month following the ankle surgery that he underwent after the Euro competition that took place in June. The player is expected to return in October and his team is in need of his services at the most as they are facing a series of away games against the giants of the English football namely Chelsea and Liverpool this month which could decide the title race for the team. The Portugal ace starred in the double winning Manchester United team last season when he scored a total of 43 goals last season and is tipped to be the World Player of the Year this time. South Korean international Park Ji-Sung and Owen Hargreaves also returned to training this morning, although Monday’s clash with Portsmouth comes too early for the pair.
Vidic suprised
Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic says that he was quite surpirsed when the announcement of the transfer of his counterpart Silvestre to the rivals Arsenal. Silvestre was a profile of the winning Manchester United team for a long time. Vidic says that the news came as a surprise to him and infact to all his teammates. The signing of Silvestre is the first direct signing between the two rivals since 1987, when Viv Anderson moved north to become one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s first recruits as United boss. Vidic says “Mikael has given so much to this club. I am just surprised he is going to Arsenal. But he has made the choice.” Though Silvestre has been denied of the first team chance at Old Trafford Vidic says that Silvestre is a class player.
Drogba still out for a month
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is still out for atleast a month and may return somewhere around the October . Drogba missed the entire pre-season due to a knee injury and was expected to miss the first two rounds of the season but the Chelsea spokesman has reported that the player will be out for atleast another month . This has increased the burden on Chelsea manager Scolari who is running short of strikers at present as Pizzaro has joined Werder Bremen on loan and there are rumours that Andriy Shevchenko is unhappy with the club and wants to reunite with his former Italian side. Chelsea is now with a lone forward with the French striker Nicolas Anelka who was brought by the team in the last winter transfer window .
