United started strongly as Rooney looked lively from the start. Rooney fed Valencia a sensational ball that led to the Reds first goal. As the game progressed, Ferguson's men took charge of the game and their new signing Hernandez made no mistake scoring from close range. Chelsea pulled one back late through Kalou however a fantastically taken late chip from Berbetov made sure United picked up their first piece of silver where this season.
England has picked their first squad since their disappointing exit from the World Cup earlier this year. After dropping a few players and bringing in some younger players they have had 2 players retire from international duties. Wes Brown and Paul Robinson have both called time on their England careers as they both look to focus on club football. England plays a friendly on Wednesday night against Hungry.
The Premiership kicks off this weekend with a few big games in the first round of matches. Chelsea starts their defence of the Premiership at home to newly promoted West Brom whilst Man United host another of the new boys Newcastle on Monday night. Liverpool takes on Arsenal at Anfield in Roy Hodgsons first game in charge of Liverpool.
With only days away from the start of the new season the transfer market is busy again with lots of speculation surrounding numerous clubs. James Milner is at the hight of speculation as Man City are set to offer up to 25 Million Pounds to entice the versatile midfielder away from Villa Park. Manager Mancini has said he expects to wrap up the signing by Thursday. Mancini is also after Inter Milan striker Balotelli and is hoping to have him by the end of the week. Mancini is waiting for Balotelli to come back from international duty before trying to agree terms with the Milan player.
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