The small Spanish midfield magician and goal creator Juan Mata underwent groin surgery on Thursday. He has thus been added to the list of squad absentees. The sad news however is that

Manchester United, on the back of a two week break, are entering in to a very busy period of football. In fact calling it busy is a massive understatement, just like underestimating the service the "I better pass my neighbour" generator has rendered to the 'Naija'  populace over the years.

The man who was once known to play 'one-way traffic' football has become a phenomenon under the Mourinho led 'government' at Old Trafford. His performances have been rewarded with

Manchester United host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon after returning from the International break. The reverse fixture before Christmas

It was a hectic month of MARCH for Manchester united- a month of mixed feelings. United "MARCHED" out of the FA cup at the hands of bad 'bele'  rivals Chelsea.  However, in the same month, United "MARCHED" out of the infamous 6th position after spending over a 100 days in 'office'. United also "MARCHED" into the quarter final of the Europa league (our "backyard door" to champions league next season) after beating the Russian 'Mafias' , FC Rostov. Photo credit : ManUtd.com The club finally put forward a trio of warriors who were involved in the MARCH battles for Player of the month award. MARCUS  ROJO The powerful and rugged Argentine was rock solid this month, adapting so well to Mourinho's new 3-4-3  formation, and was rewarded with his 1st ever premier league goal against Bournemouth. He was also rewarded with "Ogede"-Banana on the pitch this month. Photo credit : MUFC / Getty ASHLEY YOUNG...

Oh how I hate international breaks. They starve fans of football - filled weekends and force us to surrender remote controls all over the world to 'Papa Ajasco' and 'Telemundo' fans. To add insult to injury, there is hardly an international  break that goes by without key players returning with injuries.

The legend, the history maker, The Chancellor, the 'Igwe', the 'Oba' of Manchester Kingdom, Sir Alex Ferguson is to return to the dugout of Old Trafford on June 4.

1. LINGARD IS NOT JUST AN 'AWILO' DANCER. Jesse Lingard proved today that his only duty at United is not to dance "Awilo" when Pogba scores. Brilliant performance, creative, full of pace and determination. Arguably his best performance in a United shirt, capped with that brilliant goal, his first league goal in 13months. Man of the match.

Jose Mourinho has lined up his team with big wholesale changes to  the side that beat Rostov in midweek.

United play Middlesbrough on Sunday afternoon, few days after the sack of Aitor Karanka, the manager. The reverse fixture on New Year's day ended 2-1 in favour of United  at Old Trafford. Kick-off: 12.00 GMT ( 1.00pm Naija time) Venue: Riverside Stadium Competition : English Premier League Previous clashes : Man Utd Wins-52 ; Middlesbrough Wins-29 Draws-22 Match Official : Jonathan Moss OPINION POLL : What's your scoreline prediction?

 Manchester United resume EPL duties at midday on Sunday against Middlesbrough, aiming to carry on the fight for one of the champions league qualification places. As things stand, United are 6 points behind 4th placed Liverpool although Liverpool have played two more matches.

Manchester United defeated FC Rostov to completely secure their place in the last 8 of the Europa league yesterday. This was done by the means of a solitary Juan Mata goal, to keep the aggregate score at 2-1

1. IS MOURINHO DOING A CONTE? The boss set up with a 3-4-2-1 formation today, retaining his back 3 formation similar to his latest arch rival and Successor, Antonio Conte. This was totally unexpected. The lads however looked comfortable. Is this the dawn of a new formation in United? 2. VACANCY AT OLD TRAFFORD United is in urgent need of a deputy goal scorer. The team's over-dependance on Zlatan for goals is becoming scary. A beautiful and  fluid display today was almost ruined by the 'Goal Recession'. Panic had started setting in until Juan Mata 'Okeke' came to the rescue.....assisted "Coke-astically" by Zlatan. 3. MOU NOW REALIZES THAT ROJO IS A TERRIBLE LEFT-BACK Rojo has constantly pressed the 'vex button' of fans whenever he played as a left back for United. His best performances in contrast, have come from the centre back position. I guess his boss now REALIZES, as he opted to play JONES there after Blind was subbed off 4....

The boss has made some changes to his team. There's a change both in the starting XI and the team's formation.

Jose "Uchenna" Mourinho held his customary press conference with respect to Manchester United's Europa league clash against FC Rostov at Old Trafford on Thursday,

We send happy birthday wishes to the powerful french midfielder, the " Ikenna " l of Old trafford. Continue Bossing the midfield. Photo credit : MUFC Paul Pogba 2016/2017 season stats so far (Photo credit - Squawka.com) GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.

1. A DISPLAY TO BE PROUD OF. United may have lost, but indeed the  Never-say-die attitude of the boys was fantastic. United came as the disadvantaged side and despite further  going 1-man down, fought the good fight of "faith". Photo credit : MUFC  2. MICHAEL OLIVER WAS THE MAN-OF-THE-MATCH. The cute-looking ref famous for showing red cards to the reds, spoilt a beautiful game game of football. With it without the red card, Chelsea may have won, but that was simply adding stew to "Jollof rice". Photo credit : MUFC/Getty images  3. MOU CAME WITH WITH A TRUCK LOAD OF DEFENDERS. Understanding his disadvantaged position, Mou set up with with a 5-3-2 formation, using Ashley Young to switch to a 6-3-1 when defending. Most of the players especially Mikhi struggled to cope with the new formation. Photo credit: MUFC / Getty images  4. DE GEA, SAVING UNITED SINCE 1800 Once gain, the young Spaniard had his magnet gloves on, making crucial saves wh...

It appears the boss got some 'sharp sharp' injections for our 'wizkid'.

The unprecedented has happened. Manchester United has been hit with the worst injury crisis of the season, less than 24 hours to the quarter final match with 'bad bele' rivals Chelsea. Photo credit : MUFC / Getty images With our talk-na-do striker , Pa Zlatan " Ekwueme " Ibrahimovic  ruled out following his 3-Match  ban, all the other striker options  in the team have also been ruled out.  Anthony Martial and 'wizkid' Rashford have been ruled out with illness, while the 250-goal legend, Wayne Rooney has been ruled out with injury. And so, United travel to Stamford Bridge without a recognized striker.  Mourinho thus has a selection headache: Who should be his make-shift striker? Is it over for Manchester United? 

Manchester United take on "bad bele" rivals Chelsea in the much anticipated and mouth watering FA cup quarter final clash on Monday.

Photo credit - MUFC 1. MAFIAS WILL BE MAFIAS The physical nature of the game was not surprising,considering we played against Russian 'Mafias'. Even soft Mikhi

Manchester United take on FC Rostov in Russia this evening in their Europa league round of 16 first leg clash this evening. Jose Mourinho has put up  yet again some crazy surprises with

In the days of 'monkey post' football in Naija, people like Daley Blind are said to have "Ball sense". Happy birthday to one of the most intelligent footballers @ old trafford. Let's Pop Rostov as our champagne today.

Jose "Uchenna" Mourinho held his customary pre-match press conference in honour of United's match against FC Rostov in the Europa league round of 16 on Thursday. Some negative news arose quite late however, as Mourinho confirmed upon thorough inspection with his assistant, that the pitch where the match is to hold looks like a place where APC/PDP rally just took place. This implies an

The wait is over. Zlatan "Ekwueme" Ibrahimovic has been found guilty of violent conduct by the 'Oputa Panel' of the EPL, and punished with a 3 match ban from all domestic competitions. Zlatan who

Photo credit : MUFC. Click to view HD. 1. SQUANDERED CHANCES. What shall it profit a team if she has all the chances, and refuses to put the ball behind the net? Why do we always throw way every chance to climb up the EPL table? United started

Click Image for clear view.  Mourinho has made 2 new inclusions into his starting XI: The "Shaw" boy returns and the 20-goal legend is given a seat of honour in the starting XI.

The award for the Manchester United Player of the Month of February went to the King himself, 'Igwe' Zlatan 'Ekwueme' Ibrahimovic, the talk-na-do I of Old trafford. Photo credit - Mufc He won the hearts of the voters after scoring 7 beautiful goals

                                  Recently crowned EFL cup champions Manchester United resume EPL duties tomorrow after 2weeks away from any league action. In the pre-match conference held by Jose "Uchenna" Mourinho, he confirmed