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Manchester United fans react angrily to Ashley Young's one year contract extension

Manchester United captain Ashley Young will not be joining Inter Milan next summer neither will he be signing a pre-contract agreement with other clubs having be given a one-year contract extension.  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a huge fan of the 34-year-old and feels his presence at the club will be useful to the younger players in the team.  Although, the decision to keep him at the club haven't gone down well with fan who vented angrily on different social medias.  Some of the tweet reads; "How the might have fallen.. "  Another aggrieved post reads: "The more Man U fans want to escape the more the owners give them pain".  Another reads: "This Ole and Co. are really taking us for granted. You can't be renewing Ashley's contract while there are real loopholes to cover.. it's getting out of hand".  Sad ones goes this way: "Why, just why would you do that? He is part of the dead wood that they need clearing out "This ...
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No Ronaldo, no goals! Real Madrid in self destruct mode as Champions League exit looms

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What an impact a single player can make in a team. Real Madrid had that player once in Cristiano Ronaldo, a superstar who single handily created chances and won matches on his own. 

 He was able to win 14 trophies with Real Madrid did also manage to become the clubs' record goalscorer with 369 goals and assists 114.. He is arguably the greatest player ever to play for Real Madrid but the mistake Los Blancos made was not to find an adequate replacement for the 40 goals per season striker. 

 Real Madrid are in self destruct mode evident from their present struggle and lack of consistency. This season Madrid haven't won back to back games neither have they scored more than 20 goals this season. 

 The goalkeeping department is presently in shambles, Thibaut Courtois have conceded nine goals in his last 14 shots. In fact, half of the 24 shots he's faced this season have flown past him. The midfield is decline while the attacker apart from Karim Benzema are not scoring goals. 

 Painfully, Madrid's $300m acquisition have failed to hit the ground running. Eden Hazard who should've been the man pulling the string in Madrid is fat and out of shape. 

 Madrid have lost and draw their first two Champions League matches against PSG and Club Brugge and must now win against Galatarasay. 

 A defeat or draw will be the end of Madrid's run in the Champions League and for the first time in 20 years, the 13 times Champions League winner will have to settle for the Europa League.

 A disaster is about to happen in Madrid and someone will surely pay for it. Zinedine Zidane or Florentino Perez, someone will have to step down and it looks like the latter. 





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