This is a story written by Charles Samuel about the first ever Mexican to play for Manchester United. Javier Hernandez…..CHICHARITO.

The story chronicles the life-so-far of one of football’s fastest growing talents. It explains how Chicharito hails from a footballing family background and how his physique led to coaches doubting his ability to make it in the big wide world of professional football, even his Dad (an ex-player) is quoted as saying “I never thought he would actually make it as a professional….”

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Tonight’s game against Ajax wouldn’t normally be treated as a historic occasion. United are well on course to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League’s poor sister, after a 2-0 win in Amsterdam a week ago.

But tonight’s game is a game United fans will never forget, as it marks Ryan Giggs’ 900^th appearances for the club.

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Amid all the controversy that, at least for the blue half of Manchester, surrounded Sunday’s FA Cup fixture, one might be forgiven for almost forgetting something that transcended the meanings of those 90 minutes – Paul Scholes is back.

Following his retirement in May, the United legend announced his comeback to help the club in a time of difficulty, in a totally unexpected move for most of the public.

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Manchester United’s ‘next big thing’ may believe his own hype but many others are starting to doubt it after more cracks began to show both on and off the field for the young star.

After his standout performances in last season’s Youth Cup many believed this would be the season the Manchester-born winger would break into the first team at Old Trafford. However, as is often the case with supremely talented young footballers things aren’t that simple. With the world at his feet Morrison’s career could still go one of two ways.

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Nani has received a lot of (deserved) praise in last 18 months for stepping up his game and maturing as a player. United’s player of the year last season, the creator of THAT goal against Arsenal, the Playstation-esque chip against Tottenham, and a fistful of crucial goals that have sometimes been forgotten (like his goal against City last season right before Rooney scored his ‘goal’).

ManUtd.com carries an excellent interview with Nani, where he talks about the transformations in the squad over the summer, his left foot and the constant comparisons with Ronaldo.

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With a little over a month left in the summer transfer window, it’s still uncertain whether or not we’ll see ‘Manchester United have signed [insert desired target here]‘ at least one more time before the window shuts. Given what David Gill said earlier this week, the chances are more in favor of it occurring than some feel, but that’s something we won’t find out for certain until after United have returned to English soil. So, for the moment, there’s only so much that can be said, speculated, and guestimated about who, if/when, and why/why not.

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As much as it had made the rounds in the transfer rumor mill over the last few months, it was of surprise to no one when David de Gea officially signed on the dotted line last week to become Manchester United’s keeper of the present and future.

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Why should we care about this? Is there something to be read between the lines with this impending transfer? Continue reading

After a simply remarkable first season that exceeded everyone’s expectation, can our favorite Mexican build on the success in his second season? Continue reading

It’s been slightly over a month now since our dismantling at the hands of Barcelona. Yet, the pain has been eased (or blotted out depending on your preferred perspective) somewhat by our activity in the transfer market thus far. While most of our major rivals have yet to make a big money signing (Chelsea did get Villas Boas for a pretty penny), we’ve gone ahead and clinched the signatures of Jones, Young and De Gea. Continue reading