Owen, another Ferguson magic?

My morning dose of newspaper reading this beatiful Saturday morning was greeted with a shock. Sir Alex signed Michael Owen!!! What a news to start the day. United fans across the world were still digesting the news of Karim Benzema’s decision to join Real Madrid and Frank Ribery revelation that he will only choose Real Madrid if Bayern Munich want to sell him.

The move came after the only clubs interested in signing the former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker appeared to be Stoke and Hull — both Premier League sides but teams for whom staying up was an achievement in itself. And out of sudden, Sir Alex shock the world again and he signed Owen.

Injury-prone England striker Owen, 29, a free agent after his Newcastle contract expired at the end of last month, was reported underwent a medical at a Manchester hospital yesterday before returning to United’s Carrington training ground to complete the shock deal.

This is not the first time Sir Alex bought a player who are at their dawn of their career, but exploiting the experience in the like of Laurent Blanc and Henrik Larsson to inject some stability in the team. The question now will Owen produce the same result as the two had provided before. Time will tell and hope he will as United is short of option in signing a big name in replacing Cristiano Ronaldo and Carloz Tevez. Hail, Sir Alex! Welcome Owen. We dare to dream in the Theatre of Dream...

Bye-bye Cristiano Ronaldo...

Picture courtesy of Manutd.com

I just heard the news from my colleague yesterday late evening that Manchester United has accepted an £80m (RM465m) offer from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. This transfer fee will be a world record surpassing Zinedine Zidane £63m move also to Real Madrid from Juventus in 2001. According to the news revealed in ManUtd.com, the team official website, the transfer will be concluded by 30 June 2009 and there will be no further comments relating to this matters until further notice.

I feel that it is timely for United to let Ronaldo go considering his sulking reactions and deep of forms (relatively to his own standard) in recent months and cash in as much as they can while his value is still soaring. It was a good investment for United as he was signed from Sporting Lisbon for £12.24m in 2003. Since his first debut against Bolton in 16 August 2003, he has constributed 118 goals in all competitions and his highest achievement with United was lifting the Champions League trophy in 2008 in Moscow, albeit he missed the penalty in the lottery shootout. He has received many accolades and honours from fellow players and journalist. The climax was when he was named FIFA Wold Player of the Year in January 2009 and became the first Devil to win the award.

So, what's next in the mind of Sir Alex Ferguson. With Tevez looked certain to leave Old Trafford, there are rumours that Bayern Munich's Frank Ribery and Wigan's Antonio Valencia as the potential replacement. With the money coming from Ronaldo's transfer fee, I believe Sir Alex should also further strengthen the central midfield which was almost non-existence during the 2009 Champions League Final against Barcelona. This is the area I think will cause the most headache to Sir Alex. Also, the gaffer should consider buying more lethal striker in the like of Karim Benzema of Lyon or Madrid's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. I wish this will be done very soon before Man United Asian Tour to Malaysia on 18/7/09 so that we can watch the new look United first hand. And we shall wait and see...

Work trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Negeri Di bawah Bayu...Final Part

Sambungan ke 3

Dah puas shopping, cepat2 kami cabut g Tanjung Aru. Dalam 5km dari City Centre. Kebetulan ari tu hujung minggu, memang ramai le manusia kat tepi pantai tu...

Ada yang main bola pantai...

ada yang santai2 jalan sepanjang pantai... Warna langit time tu memang colourful betul...
Dah abih kat pantai tu, kami pun balik ke hotel dan prepare untuk keje for the next 3 days. After this, memang takda time nak 'menembak'...keje, keje, keje...
Sampai le last day sebelum balik KL... Kene carik lagi barang2 untuk pesanan last menit... So, sebelum beli barang tu, kami menembak sekitar area pasar tu... Ni gambar kedai2 jual air kelapa muda sebelah pasar kraftangan KK.
Masa sampai kat area tu, kami nampak ramai orang tengah sibuk punggah2 barang..

Pastu ada yang sibuk menolak troli kayu dengan peti2 warna oren. Tak kira umur, tua dan muda...Bila aku perhatikan lama2, baru aku sedar, rupanya diaorang ni tengah sibuk untuk mula meniaga pasar malam. Dlm kotak2 oren tu rupanya ada ikan2 segar...

Lepas amek gambar2 diaorang tu, aku tembak pulak pemandangan laut yang bersebelahan dengan kawasan pasar malam tu.

Macam2 aktiviti laut yang diorang buat. Kebetulan aku ternampak budak lelaki ni tengah mendayung sampan...

Ada gak budak2 dok main atas bot nelayan ni. Entah apa yang dibuatnya entah..

Abih jek amek2 gambar, kami pun cepat2 beli apa2 yang tak beli lagi, g makan dan terus cabut ke airport... Sememangnya hectic betul trip aku ke KK kali ni, tapi berbaloi... Dan pastinya aku akan ke sana lagi... tunggu...