Will Manchester City Ever Be United?

This weekend sees Manchester United take on their city rivals, Manchester City, at Old Trafford, in what is certain to be one of the defining games of the season. Welcome to Manchester...

In recent years the game had just about become a guaranteed three points for City's more illustrious rivals, United. However, enter one Sheik with a bottomless pit of money, an interest in football, and a club starved of trophies, and you have all the ingredients for a phoenix-like rise for the blue club in Manchester.

Manchester City: Fast Becoming the Most Hated Team In the EPL?

Newcastle United, in they hay-day were everyone's favourite second team, they were beautiful to watch. As is the current Manchester City team, but unlike Newcastle, this City team are beginning to get up peoples noses. Why?

As ever, there are a number of reasons, some of them are credible while others aren't. Let's take a look...

Fergie: Manchester City Are "A Small Club With a Small Mentality" But...

The build up to next season has well and truly kicked off in Manchester. With just over three weeks to go to this year's EPL curtain raiser, the two halves of Manchester have become embroiled in a tit for tat affair while their two teams are separated by half the planet.

This whole new round of jibes between the clubs was initiated when Carlos Tevez left United after two successful seasons to join city rivals Manchester City. He turned down moves to Liverpool and Chelsea because he didn't want to join a rival of United, and that he was joining City out of respect to their fans.

Where To Next for Carlos Tevez? Liverpool? Madrid? Barca? Inter? City? Stay?

As Manchester United wrapped up their 18th league title and their 11th under Alex Ferguson, a fore-lorn Carlos Tevez waved to the crowd, as if saying goodbye, after he was once again singled out by the Scot and substituted.

Tevez, looked at the fourth official's substitution board, and on seeing the dreaded number 32 being held up, he shrugged his shoulders and turned and waved to the Old Trafford crowd, who amazingly booed their managers decision to take the Argentinian off.