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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE - Teams


Manchester United
Founded: 1878
Nick Name: Red Devils
Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
Home Ground: Old Trafford, Manchester
The defending champions start as favorites to win the League. The most popular and one of the richest football clubs in the world keeps finding ways to delight its fans. With a galaxy of stars who under the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson have won back to back titles and also won the 2008 Champions League will be all charged to defend their titles. The Red Devils now need only 2 titles to go pass Liverpool's 17 title record. The ‘Theatre of Dreams' has always produced stars with football skills to the best; Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tavez form the "Holy Trinity" of the squad getting the goals for the Red Devils. Players such Luis Nani, Anderson and Foster are waiting in the wings to become the future players to watch-out for. Ferguson, who has been a constant mentor in United's success stories, would hope to start the season on the same note as last season. With a well-balanced blend of youth and experience, Manchester United would aim for picking up all trophies for grab.

12	Ben Foster
29	Tomasz Kuszczak
1	Edwin van der Sar

6	Wes Brown
46	Richard Eckersley
23	Jonny Evans
3	Patrice Evra
5	Rio Ferdinand
2	Gary Neville
22	John O'Shea
27	Mikael Silvestre
15	Nemanja Vidic
21	Rafael da Silva

8	Luis Anderson
16	Michael Carrick
24	Darren Fletcher
11	Ryan Giggs
4	Owen Hargreaves
43	Sam Hewson	-
30	Lee Martin
17	Nani
13	Ji-Sung Park
34	Rodrigo Possebon
7	Cristiano Ronaldo
18	Paul Scholes

39	Fraizer Campbell
21	Dong
10	Wayne Rooney
9	Louis Saha
32	Carlos Tevez
47	Danny Wellbeck