IF YOU want to know the size of the gloves that new Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has to fill, all you need to do is have his predecessor Edwin van der Sar give you a friendly pat on the back.

IT’S one of those things you hear so often that you just sort of accept it as truth – in this day and age, English football players cost more.

It’s been a while since I posted anything here, and I’ve been quite eager to get back to writing, especially with all the transfers going on.

So who got the better deal – Liverpool or Manchester United?

After a few summers of relative scrounging, Alex Ferguson had promised Manchester United fans a spending spree, so how do feel about his first piece of business, Blackburn defender Phil Jones?