4:20 PM ET, Sun March 14, 2010

Hodgson praise for £100m Rooney

Manchester Evening News — Roy Hodgson watched his Fulham side become the latest to be dismantled by Wayne Rooney and admitted it is little surprise Real Madrid think he is worth £100million. Real president Florentino Perez is “obsessed” with Rooney according to the club’s former president Ramon Calderon, despite the fact neither Manchester United nor their star man have given any indication a transfer is possible.

1 hour ago

United 3 Fulham 0

Manchester Evening News — Another double from unstoppable Wayne Rooney and a late header from Dimitar Berbatov fired Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League. Rooney hit a brace to take his tally for the season up to 32 and sink Fulham's challenge at Old Trafford, while Bulgarian forward Berbatov headed home a third with minutes remaining.

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Fergie: Ronaldo record on for Rooney

Manchester Evening News — Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson feels Wayne Rooney can match Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 42 goals in a season after seeing the in-form striker bag a double in the 3-0 win over Fulham. The Cottagers held United out during a goalless first half but Rooney slotted home from Nani's pass less than 30 seconds after the break before racking up his 32nd goal of the season with six minutes remaining.

1 hour ago

United 3 Fulham 0: Player ratings

Manchester Evening News — Find out how we rated the Manchester United players for their performance in the 3-0 win over Fulham.

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Manchester United 3-0 Fulham | Premier League match report

The Guardian — This match almost entirely concealed its significance. Victory, thanks largely to a pair of goals from Wayne Rooney, takes Manchester United to the head of the table, but there was little sense of occasion. The emphatic result was achieved merely by two late strikes against weary visitors.There is seldom a good time for a mid-table side to visit Old Trafford, but the scheduling was particularly taxing for Fulham. On Thursday evening they had played a Europa League match at Juventus and Roy Hodgson felt obliged to make four changes to the line-up for the meeting with United. That step may have ...

3 hours ago

Real 'obsessed' with signing Wayne Rooney, admits former president

The Guardian — • Former Real president thinks Rooney would cost £80m• 'I imagine in that case Manchester United would have to sell'Real Madrid have an "obsession" about signing Wayne Rooney but would need to fork out £80m or more to do so, according to their former president Ramón Calderón.Real, who have spent £240m assembling a team with names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Xabi Alonso, were knocked out of the European Cup in midweek by Lyon.The current president, Florentino Pérez, has been linked with moves for José Mourinho to replace the manager Manuel Pellegrini, and the Manchester United striker R...

6 hours ago

Manchester United v Fulham – live! | Barney Ronay

The Guardian — Press F5 or use the autorefresh fandangle for the latest updates and email barney.ronay@guardian.co.uk with your paeans to Wayne Rooney. You can also follow all today's goals with our live score centre Block 1 Hello and welcome to exclusively typed live commentary of Manchester United v Fulham. Kick off is at 1.30. If you'd like to share your thoughts on anything you can email me or even communicate via Twitter if you like because I do all that now. While we're waiting I thought I'd mention some phrases that have already been unilaterally banned from today's MBM. I'm sorry for any inconvenien...

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Why Wayne Rooney is England's most potent force since Bobby Charlton | Paul Hayward

The Guardian — The lad from Croxteth is ready to become the greatest player of his generation and has done so with the most British of qualitiesIn a Dublin bar they were showing Wayne Rooney dazzling Milan on a big screen at one end and Cristiano Ronaldo going out of the Champions League at the other. As they rubber‑necked to watch both spectacles, some of those drinkers looked as if they had seen a few alehouse visions of heaven and hell in their time.But these competing pictures glowed with revelatory force. If you had stopped the football carousel for five minutes on Wednesday night you might have said th...

17 hours ago

Ferguson desperate to topple Liverpool record

Manchester Evening News — Sir Alex Ferguson wants to make United the undisputed all-time kings of England before walking away from football. Fergie knows his incredible career cannot go on forever and is desperate to see his side move clear of Liverpool with a record 19 league titles.

March 13, 2010

Bobby Zamora hails 'unbelievable' Wayne Rooney

The Guardian — • Strikers came face-to-face at Old Trafford on Sunday• Fulham man resigned to not making England World Cup squadFulham head to Old Trafford tomorrow for the next stop in their relentless season with Bobby Zamora claiming that England can win the World Cup if Wayne Rooney maintains the "unbelievable" form he has shown in a Manchester United shirt when the finals get under way in South Africa in June.Zamora is enjoying his most prolific campaign in top-flight football and has been widely praised for the contribution he has made to Fulham's season, yet the 15 goals he has scored represent only h...

March 12, 2010
  • Sunderland 1 City 1: Player ratings Manchester Evening News Find out how we rated the Manchester City players for their performance in the 1-1 draw at Sunderland.
  • Sunderland 1 City 1 Manchester Evening News Manchester City rescued a point in injury time against Sunderland thanks to substitute Adam Johnson's superb finish. Kenwyne Jones headed the Black Cats ahead early on and although the Blues rallied after the break, substitute Roque Santa Cruz and Shaun Wright-Phillips both missed good chances. However, Johnson made the breakthrough into added time with a curler into the top corner.
  • Game of two halves for Mancini Manchester Evening News Roberto Mancini praised his Manchester City side’s second-half performance but criticised their first in the 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw at Sunderland. City created a host of chances after the break but it was not until stoppage time that Adam Johnson curled in an equaliser to cancel out Kenwyne Jones’ early opener.
  • Redknapp delighted with Blackburn win Guardian Series SPURS boss Harry Redknapp praised his players after the 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
  • By Eck Birmingham City Blog | Birmingham Mail Any idea what the Blues boss is up to here? Our photographer Tim Easthope captured Eck in expressive mood during the draw against Everton. Love to have your guesses (keep them clean, please) at what he is saying....
  • Manchester United 3 Fulham 0: Unstoppable Wayne Rooney at the double to fire champions back to Premier League summit Daily Mail Wayne Rooney took his goal glut to 32 with another fine double to take Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League. Although they wasted a huge number of chances, with Dimitar Berbatov the prime culprit, United did enough to re-establish their dominant position with eight games of the campaign remaining.