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There was once a time when Anderson had the chance to take the world under his control as the Brazilian player was labeled as the next big thing of Brazil with the media hyping him up so much that Manchester United splashed out €30 million in signing him when Anderson was only 19 years old.

Anderson’s time in Manchester United wasn’t a very impressive one as he only scored 5 goals in 105 appearances and the Premier League club started to lose faith in the Brazilian player, this is why Anderson was dropped to the sidelines in his last few seasons at Old Trafford.

It’s been a little over 1 year since Anderson joined the Brazilian side Internacional and even though he has returned to his native homeland, he continues struggling to spark his career back to life.

Anderson made his debut for Internacional during a match they had against Cruzeiro and in his opening appearance for his new club, he missed a penalty kick that could have given his team the victory. The 27 year old player was also sent out of the pitch after receiving a red card, this occurred after the Brazilian was mad for being ruled off and Anderson launched a string of insults and the referee showed him a straight red card.

The Brazilian player was even seen struggling just to breath after playing a match in Bolivia in a game that was played at 3,600 meters above sea level and this high altitude affected Anderson so much that he had to take oxygen on the bench.

All of these things have been occurring to Anderson who never truly managed to live up to the hype of the media and the expectations that were created some time ago and even after having made a move away from Manchester United, things haven’t changed very much.

Manchester United sustained their 3rd successive defeat in all competitions after losing against Norwich City on December 19 when both sides faced off against each other at Old Trafford.
Cameron Jerome and Alexander Tettey put the scoreboard 2-0 in favor of Norwich City and despite a 2nd half goal from Anthony Martial, it wasn’t enough for Manchester United to avoid dropping more points in their race for the Premier League title.

These string of defeats are disastrous not only for Manchester United as they are getting further behind from the top spots of the English League but it’s also a disaster for Louis van Gaal as the Dutchman is on the verge of being axed or at least that’s what the rumors are claiming.

After being axed by Chelsea, Jose Mourinho is now setting his sights on what club he is planning to manage and he has revealed a big interest in taking charge of Manchester United.
If these negative results continue arriving, it’s only a matter of time until Louis van Gaal sees his way out of Old Trafford and it’s even believed that Manchester United are already in search of their next manager and sources claim that Carlo Ancelotti as well as Pep Guardiola have been targeted by the Premier League club as possible successors to Louis van Gaal.

Losing against teams which are located in the bottom section of the Premier League is simply unacceptable and Louis van Gaal has to do something to change things around or else, the head chiefs of Manchester United will simply replace him with someone else and there are a plethora of management options that are available.

It’s do or die for the Dutch coach.

The spotlight is back on Corinthians manager Tite after he managed to lead the club to another Brazilian league title following a 4-1 victory over Atletico PR.

The recent win over Flamengo extended the advantage in the table to 10 points after 32 games. Tite was once a sought-after manager in European football after managing to get the FIFA Club World Cup title by beating Chelsea in the final. The European club are overwhelming favourites after having just won the Champions League six months ago, but they were completely outclassed by the Brazilian minnows.

A lot of the success was attributed down to the tactics of Tite. The manager recently signed a three-year contract with the club and he states that his immediate future is with the Brazilian club. However, he would like to join a European club in the near future. Tite has revealed that he had opportunities from the likes of Inter Milan but he turned them down in order to concentrate on his current work with Corinthians. Much of the focus towards the team goes to the defensive side and it was a major part in the success over Chelsea. Tite, though, is one that European football has a plethora of top managers and it would be difficult to succeed.

“In the future I would like to lead a national team, not necessarily of Brazil. I would like to coach Italy or Spain, but after 2018, when my deal with Corinthians ends. I have a three-year contract here, but stipulating that, each year, we can sit down and see what to do next season. In 2013, after winning the Club World Cup and Libertadores with Corinthians, an agent approached me with the chance to coach Inter Milan. But after that, he disappeared. I was busy with Corinthians, I couldn’t give up,” said Tite.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has dismissed concerns that some of the United players are unhappy in the dressing room due to a bad atmosphere.

Van Gaal has gone to the extent of stating the example of Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick. He says that both these big-name players approached him to request some slight modifications in training. According to Van Gaal, this demonstrates a great atmosphere within the dressing room since even the top players are able to approach him with their concerns. Questions have been raised about Van Gaal’s time at United.

The former Bayern Munich and Barcelona manager came with a huge reputation of winning trophieswherever he has been. United were unable to win the title last season. Even though they have returned back to the Champions League under the guidance of the Dutchman, they do not seem closer towards winning titles yet. United still seem to be in the transitional period with the club making numerous signings once again in the summer. There have been reports that players were unhappy with the training methods of the Dutchman, which is seen as too intense by some. Van Gaal has been a strict disciplinarian and he is unlikely to budge a lot towards the players wish for a relaxed training.

“Rooney and Carrick, the captains, came to me and said the dressing room is flat and they wanted to say that to me because they wanted to help me. And then I have played so much attention and then I communicate not with my captains, because they are trying to warn me, so I go to the dressing room and talk with my players.We have discussed a lot of aspects but not what some have written. I have a superb relationship with my players. Maybe you have to consider how many players are coming to the manager to say something,” said Van Gaal.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea concluded a brilliant campaign by winning the club’s Player of the Year award.

He had been one of the most consistent players in the Premier League. Despite a season in which the club could only finish in the top four, De Gea was nominated for the individual awards at the end of the campaign. He failed to overhaul the likes of Harry Kane and Eden Hazard for these awards, but he was much more successful in the club’s in-house awards ceremony. After he was named as the club’s Player of the Year, his rival for the number one spot – Andres Lindegaard – came out with a congratulatory message.

The future of Lindegaard at United had become almost non-existent. The player did not feature for much of the campaign under Louis van Gaal, as the club signed Victor Valdes on a free transfer back in January. Even though there is a lot of speculation surrounding the future ofDe Gea, it is widely anticipated that Lindegaard will leave the club in the summer. In the past two seasons, the Danish goalkeeper has featured in only three matches over all competitions. This poor record is unlikely to see his contract renewed and even the player is unlikely to be interested in renewal.

“Big congrats to @D_DeGea for winning players player of the year – in my eyes the most prestigious award. Very well deserved my friend!” said Lindegaard on his Twitter account. Even the prospect of the Spaniard leaving the club in the upcoming summer transfer window is unlikely to persuade Lindegaard to stay at Old Trafford. After a fantastic campaign De Gea, has been linked with a move to Real Madrid. This will see him return to his hometown and it is something that he is thought to be extremely keen on.

Wes Brown has always been seen as somebody who puts forward his views quite bluntly and yesterday too, he said something which not many players would have said on a public forum.

Brown called the 26-year old current Red Devils’ defender Anderson an Unintelligent player.

According to Brown, out of all the players that he has met or played with so far, he has found nobody lesser intelligent than Anderson.

Brown also disclosed that despite having spent more than 7 years in England, Anderson still finds it difficult to talk to people in the English language fluently and he put it down to the Brazilian’s reluctance or disinterest in learning the language.

In a personal interview last week, Brown was asked to pick a former teammate of his whom he considers least intelligent.
He immediately came up with Anderson’s name.

In the words of Brown, “It’s Anderson for sure. He has been here in England for so long and I doubt if he is able to converse with people in English. At least till the time I was there, he could not do with English properly.”

Brown answered several other questions too there in that interview.

When asked to pick a game that he cherishes the most and will always cherish, the former defender said, “I would say the European Cup title match in the 2007-08 Season.”

“That season, as a whole, was pretty good for me actually. I had been very useful for the club as right back and we beat the Blues to get to the trophy. It could not have been better than that. It’s such a sweet memory.”

Manchester United was one of the only two clubs that Brown represented in his career. Sunderland was the other one. He joined Sunderland pretty late when he was past his peak.

Manchester United’s Brazilian midfielder, Anderson enjoyed going through a very successful string of seasons during his earlier years when he performed with Gremio and Porto and his performances attracted the interest of Manchester United with the Premier League club willing to pay £18 million for a 19 years old player that had never played in a top and competitive league before.

In his debut season as a player of Manchester United, the young midfielder managed to make 24 appearances and went on to win the Premier League title with his new club.

Anderson continued earning more titles with Manchester United but his influence in the English club has been dropping with less and less appearances being made and his squad number was even given to Juan Mata as the Spanish midfielder received the No. 8 jersey.

The first and only appearance that Anderson has made in this season was during Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat against MK Dons when playing in the Capital One Cup and it does not look like the Brazilian will be getting a lot more time in the starting lineup of Louis van Gaal anytime soon taking into consideration all of the other reliable alternatives that the Dutch coach has at his disposal.

Manchester United will even allow Anderson to leave the club in the January transfer window and they are willing to listen to offers for the Brazilian midfielder but no offers have been made and this is due to the fact that no clubs are interested in having to match the current wages of Anderson as he receives €60,000 each week at Old Trafford and unless the player is ready to cut his wages down then it’s not very likely that any club is prepared to equal his elevated salary.

Brazilian midfielder Anderson’s future at Manchester United may appear very bleak as he does not appear to be in the plans of new manager Louis van Gaal.

The former FC Porto man spent the last season on loan at Fiorentina were he did not impress much. As a result, it has been speculated that he may be returning to Brazilian football at the end of the campaign. Since he is out of contract in the next six months, is free to negotiate terms with foreign clubs after December. The lack of a transfer fee will potentially excite several Brazilian clubs.

Anderson does not seem intent on leaving United in January, although it still remains a distinct possibility. After facing a severe drop in the latest financial results, United may consider selling some of the club’s lesser used players in order to reduce the wage bill and bring in revenue. Further, the prospect of getting at least a little in terms of transfer fee rather than nothing in the summer could also prove to be a lure. According to sources, the midfielder wants to spend the next six months at United playing under Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman has been no different in his treatment of Anderson compared to his predecessor, David Moyes.

The midfielder has got only 20 minutes of league action this campaign. United also do not have competition like the League Cup and Champions League in order to rotate the squad. After signing more than £ 150 million worth of talent in the summer, competition for places continues to be high at the club. Anderson will have little regrets after a great career at United that saw him lift numerous Premier League titles and one Champions League medal at a very young age. Still just 27, he still has a lot of time left in football.

QPR’s Harry Redknapp has voiced his opinion concerning how substitutions should work in football as the English manager had to substitute Sandro within the opening minutes during QPR’s Premier League match against Southampton but the Brazilian midfielder wanted to come back into the pitch in the second half but after a player is substituted off, he can’t enter the playing grounds.
Redknapp believes that there should be short substitutions allowed in the Premier League which can allow players from the sidelines of the team enter the pitch for a brief period of time and later return to the bench after the injured player is back in form and recovered.
Harry Redknapp told the media: “You couldn’t wait 10 or 15 minutes with 10 men; you couldn’t give medics that amount of time to look at a player. But it doesn’t sound the worst idea for a temporary replacement, so that the doctors could have a longer look. Medical people can’t take a chance and if someone is very bad you cannot expect them to carry on because if something went wrong we would all be very sorry.”
When a player picks up an injury in the middle of a match, the medical staff arrives into the pitch and they have to make a quick decision on whether or not the player is actually able to play or not, depending on how serious the injury might be and sometimes an injury is not as bad as initially believed.
This is what happened with the Brazilian midfielder Sandro a few weeks ago when QPR sustained their 4th Premier League defeat as the player picked up a concussion at the 11th minute and to leave the pitch but he wanted to return and continue playing in the second half but rules do not allow him on doing so.

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has accepted that he needs to trim their squad in order to keep the players happy. After the arrivals of two more players in the summer, United have an extremely large squad with a number of players reportedly having no future to the club. The likes of Anderson and Nani, who came just a few years before the club’s Champions League victory in 2008, rarely feature for the club nowadays and are likely on the way out. Van Gaal, though, said a few weeks ago that it would be unfair to sell the players without having a look at them.
He now says that the pre-season has given him a good idea of some of the players. He will be informing them about his decision win comes to retaining them at the club. Van Gaal says that the information should be conveyed as soon as possible since it would allow the players enough time to engineer a move elsewhere. The transfer window closes in the first week of September. Failure to find a new club before that will see the players stay at United at least for the next six months, which would not be ideal for the careers.
Anderson has been at United since 2007, but he spent the second half of last season on loan at Fiorentina. “I shall make judgments after the tour. I have let all the players play so I know now more than I did before. But in football you have to judge. Always you have to give a chance to a player to make a transfer when you see that his perspective is not so high to play. You have to say it in advance. When you say it on 31 August it’s too late. I shall say to the players what I think after the tour,” Van Gaal said.