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Rooney, currently on holiday following his participation at the World Cup with England, was instead ordered to pay a 'restititional remedy' of £90,475.25 to Proactive, who had sued for unpaid commission, by Judge Brendan Hegarty QC at a hearing at Manchester Mercantile Court on Thursday.

The conclusion of the court case has removed a significant obstacle preventing United from thrashing out a new long-term contract for the 24 year-old, whose £90,000-a-week deal expires in June 2012. Although United are confident that negotiations with the player and his advisers will pass smoothly, securing last season's 34-goal top scorer to a long-term deal is regarded as crucial by manager.

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Cleverley, 20, is highly rated by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and recently inked a three-year contract extension to secure his long-term United future. Despite that deal, though, a season-long temporary move was mooted to continue his progression away from Old Trafford.

The England under-21 international enjoyed a successful spell at Championship outfit Watford last season and claimed the club's player of the year honour despite his season being cut short by a knee ligament injury in April. This performance is believed to have impressed Ferguson - and with Owen Hargreaves sidelined with further fitness problems - Cleverley could be handed the chance to stake his claim for a first-team place at the Premier League runners -up. -

The talented but temperamental teenager has been linked with a move to the Premier League this summer with City reported to have had an initial offer rejected. Inter president Massimo Moratti insisted earlier this week that Balotelli would remain at Giuseppe Meazza under new manager Rafa Benitez.

Technical director Marco Branca backed the stance of the Nerazzurri supremo, but revealed that the interest from former Inter boss Roberto Mancini was being matched from across Manchester.
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Branca is quoted in The Sun as saying: "We are fortunate to have good players so it's normal big teams in Europe are thinking about them. "There is interest from Manchester United and from Manchester City in Balotelli. "But it is very early to say if there will be any business done. "Inter are in first position and we have to think about our future."

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney's poor performance at the World Cup was principally down to the weight of expectation on the striker. The 24-year-old failed to score in four matches for England, who were eliminated in the second round after a heavy defeat by Germany.

Rooney had been widely expected to demonstrate the form for England which brought him 34 goals for Manchester United this season but never looked at his best. Ferguson has denied that Rooney was hampered by an ankle injury suffered during the run-in with United but has admitted that pressure played a part.

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Michael Owen last night tipped Jonny Evans to be a cornerstone of the Manchester United defence for years to come.

United striker Owen, battling to be fit for the new season, sees the Northern Ireland defender.

As the obvious choice to eventually succeed Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic. Evans (22) has been steadily establishing himself at Old Trafford since making his debut less.

Than three years ago. “Jonny is the future of Manchester United. Obviously Rio is in his 30s now and has.

A good few years left but Jonny has the potential to be every bit as good and commanding as Rio,” stated Owen.

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Manchester City’s buying spree just does not seem to end. They spent millions last season and brought in some big names such as Adebayor from Arsenal, Carlos Tevez from Manchester United, Santa Cruz from Blackburn Rovers, Kolo Toure from Arsenal, Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan and plenty more, but money does not guarantee success, atleast not instant success. That was proven when Man City could not end the season 4th, which was their target at the start.

This season, they have once again started splashing the cash and started their summer shopping with the big name signing of Spanish left winger David Silva. The Valencia man was on the radar of a number of big European clubs and no less than Man City’s neighbours and old rivals Manchester United.

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The chief executive of Manchester United, David Gill assured the club does not plan to sell Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov over the summer. Gill said in an interview for the British “The Independent” that keeping Berbatov, who had been the subject of many transfer speculations, is also the personal desire of the Manchester United Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Gill's expectation of the summer was that "some will leave, some will come in" and "there won't be any major players leaving". Whether the definition of "major" includes the out-of-favor Michael Carrick or Luis Anderson can be debated but Gill does not envisage the club selling Berbatov, who has not fulfilled the expectations of him when he joined from Tottenham, The Independent writes.

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The chief executive of Manchester United, David Gill assured the club does not plan to sell Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov over the summer. Gill said in an interview for the British “The Independent” that keeping Berbatov, who had been the subject of many transfer speculations, is also the personal desire of the Manchester United Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Gill's expectation of the summer was that "some will leave, some will come in" and "there won't be any major players leaving". Whether the definition of "major" includes the out-of-favor Michael Carrick or Luis Anderson can be debated but Gill does not envisage the club selling Berbatov, who has not fulfilled the expectations of him when he joined from Tottenham, The Independent writes.

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The 28-year-old is entering the final year of his contract and unless he signs a contract extension for David Moyes' side, the South African international will soon be available for free.  Should Everton choose to cash in, Tottenham and Manchester United are said to be leading the chase.

Moyes is keen to keep his side together and tie down players like Pienaar to Goodison Park.  However, the Daily Mail reports that Pienaar rejected an offer from Everton two weeks ago and has not heard from the club since.

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Ben Foster is expected to complete a £6 million move from Manchester United to Birmingham on Wednesday. A fee was agreed between the two clubs last week and Foster is expected in the Midlands on Tuesday for a medical that will seal his Old Trafford exit.

Although he began last term with high hopes of ousting Edwin van der Sar from his status as United's first-choice keeper, Foster's chance disappeared with high-profile mistakes against Manchester City and Sunderland during a two-month period at the start of the campaign when the veteran Dutchman was missing through injury.

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