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Date: Thu Aug 06 22:42:22 GMT+00:00 1998
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Daily RED Trivia  6th August:

1912: Bert Whalley born in Ashton-Under-Lyne. He made his debut against
      Doncaster Rovers in November 1935, and the Half-back?s career was brought
      to an end due to an eye injury in 1947. His career disrupted by the war, Whalley
      played 39 times for United. He died in the Munich Air Disaster whilst serving the
      club as on the coaching staff.    

1986: United draw 0-0 with Fluminense (Brazil) at Old Trafford in a friendly 
      watched by 32,275. United won the resulting penalty shootout 4-3.                   


PRE SEASON - FIRST TEAM CALENDER
July 25  Birmingham City  (A)     result: L 3-4
     27  Valerengen (A) (Oslo)    result: D 2-2
     31  Brondby (A) (Copenhagen) result: W 6-0
Aug   4  Brann Bergen (A)         result: W 4-0

      9  Charity Shield at Wembley Sky Sports midday Uk
     18  Eric Cantona XI (H) - Munich testimonial

BECKHAM: I'LL BEAT THE HATE MOBS
By Steve Millar

DAVID Beckham yesterday stood defiant in the face of hate mobs lying in wait
for him back in England.

The Manchester United star has remained silent since his World Cup sending
off shame against Argentina. But in a Norwegian fans' get together on the
last leg of United's Scandinavia tour, Beckham pledged to fly back to
England today with his head held high.

Beckham's reception during the 10-day pre-season trip to Norway and Denmark
bordered on Spice mania. Asked if that was a massive boost to his
confidence, Beckham denied that it had suffered in the first place.

He said: "My confidence is high anyway. There is nothing to put behind me."
Beckham played in the second half of United's 4-0 friendly win over Brann
Bergen last night.

This Issue:
1. Bergen Report (Mirror)  IRWIN EASES PLIGHT OVER DWIGHT
2. Dave Beckham (PA)
3. Kanchelskis (365)
4. Fergie Slams Kluivert (PA)
5. Unknown
6. Bruce Swoops For Twiss (TeamTalk)
7. Worthington Cup (PA)

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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:20:59 +0800
Subject:   Bergen Report (Mirror)  IRWIN EASES PLIGHT OVER DWIGHT

IRWIN EASES PLIGHT OVER DWIGHT
Brann Bergen ..0 Man Utd ..4

Delighted Manchester United fans were last night asking: Who needs Patrick
Kluivert or Dwight Yorke when you've got Denis Irwin?

The Republic full-back bagged a hat-trick against Norwegian part-timers to
temporarily ease Alex Ferguson's striking woes.

Until Irwin's magic rubbed off in time for Andy Cole to grab United's fourth
in a friendly canter, Ferguson must have been wondering where the goals are
going to come from this season. Snubbed by Kluivert and unlikely to land
Yorke before the start of the Premiership campaign, the United boss watched
Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer off target in the rain.

As if that was not bad enough for Ferguson, he witnessed another stuttering
display by record signing Jaap Stam.

Irwin struck twice at the end of a pedestrian first half. His 44th-minute
free kick flew off a home defender on its way into the net. And just 45
seconds later, Irwin kept his nerve to convert a debatable penalty when
Solskjaer was floored.

Irwin completed his hat-trick 11 minutes into the second half, again from
the spot, after Paul Scholes was hauled down. Cole volleyed home from close
range seven minutes from time.

Young keeper Nick Culkin could be in line for a surprise Charity Shield
appearance on Sunday after Peter Schmeichel was substituted at half-time.
Schmeichel appeared to suffer a muscle twinge.

And with deputy Raimond Van der Gouw yesterday admitted to a Manchester
hospital complaining of chest pains, Culkin has been put on stand by.
Meanwhile, Kluivert has admitted he could still end up playing in the
Premiership this season - with Arsenal.

The Dutch striker will pack his bags within two months if he is still not
happy at AC Milan.
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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:31:49 +0800
Subject:   Dave Beckham (PA)

BECKHAM SHRUGS OFF CONTROVERSY

David Beckham has vowed to turn a deaf ear to the controversy that has
dogged him since his sending off in the World Cup.

The Manchester United star, who came on as substitute in his side's 4-0
friendly win against Brann Bergen in Norway, received a hero's reception
from the local fans.

He also gave a brief interview to the Norwegian television station TV2 while
he signed autographs at a supporters' club.

"There is nothing to put behind me, so I am just getting on with my
football," said Beckham. "I think the Norwegians have a special relationship
with Manchester United."

The new bad boy of English football has clearly not fallen out of favour
with his followers in the port of Bergen. They cheered when he replaced Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer just after the start of the second half and unfurled a
banner saying "We Love You Beckham."

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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:35:06 +0800
Subject:  Kanchelskis (365)

CLUB-HOPPING RANGERS ACE NEEDS THE SIGNING-ON FEES
TO PAY OFF RUSSIAN MAFIA

RANGERS fans should enjoy watching Andrei Kanchelskis while they can,
because he is unlikely to be at Ibrox for very long. Many people have been
surprised that the Ukrainian winger has made so many big money moves in
recent years but the real reason has now been revealed - he needs the money
to pay off the Russian mafia. Press reports yesterday claimed that his
gangland connections are the reason why he has spent the last three years
hopping from club to club around Europe and probably mean he’ll be off again
sometime soon.

Kanchelskis has been transferred three times for a total of £19m in the last
three years, moving from Manchester United to Everton, on to Fiorentina and
then, last month, to Ibrox. His basic wages in Glasgow are an incredible
£40,000 a week, but he reportedly pays around 20% of that - £8,000 - to the
mafia. But, in a further twist to the tale, it has emerged that gangsters
have been sent to Glasgow to protect him from mobsters who are chasing him
for his huge gambling debts.

A secret police operation - revealed in yesterday’s Daily Record - found
that the player is being shadowed by a mafia unit, known as a krysha, since
his £5.5m transfer from Fiorentina. The krysha system is very much a part of
life in Ukraine where businessmen also pay as much as 20% of their earnings
for protection. But it is the country’s sports stars who are really targeted
and they are followed around the world by their krysha. It is believed that
Kanchelskis has paid crime bosses in the former Soviet Union to protect his
family for years. It had been claimed that the 29-year-old was sending huge
chunks of his salary back home to his mother, Yevgenia, who still lives in
Kirovograd, the town where he was born. But it has recently been revealed
that the player has broken all ties with her and has not spoken to her for
three years. Instead, the money has been going into mafia coffers in return
for protection for the rest of his family and his wife Ina’s relatives.

Unfortunately, Kanchelskis’ enormous gambling debts merely compound an
already difficult situation. He amassed huge debts during his time at
United, and is still in deep financial trouble despite earning £12m in wages
and signing-on fees in the last seven years. A Manchester police source
said: “He first became involved with the mafia because of his gambling.
United bailed him out the first time he ran up huge debts, and his move to
Everton in 1995 helped settle another bill. He gambled heavily in Liverpool,
then earned a huge signing-on fee in Italy. Kanchelskis is a huge asset to
the Russian mafia. They want to monitor him - protect their investment.”

Their arrival in Glasgow though, has got the Scottish authorities worried.
Gangsters from the old USSR have tried, and failed, to infiltrate Edinburgh’
s sex sauna trade and a police spokesman said: “We have kept these people
out until now. But once established, they may set up shop.”

Kanchelskis was targeted as soon as he moved to United from Shakhtar Donetsk
in 1991 and he now knows he has no way of shaking the mafia off,
particularly with his own gambling habit to fund. Ultimately, the solution
will be for him to do what he has done three times in three years - change
clubs and hand another massive barrow-load of cash from his signing-on fee
to the gangsters who, rather than protect him, are actually making his life
hell.
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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 1998 21:49:36 +0800

Subject:     Fergie Slams Kluivert (PA)
FERGIE FUMES AT KLUIVERT

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has slammed the conduct of Dutch
World Cup star Patrick Kluivert following the collapse of his £9million move
to Old Trafford.

Ferguson claimed he had been duped into believing the AC Milan striker
wanted to join the former Premiership champions and that the player failed
to recognise the scale of the opportunity he had turned down.

"Maybe he doesn't know how big Manchester United is. I am very surprised he
has not given himself the opportunity to speak to us," said Ferguson.

"It is very disappointing because we were led to believe that he wanted to
speak to us, but you know what agents are like.

"Now we hear that he wants to go to London. If that is where he wants to
live there is nothing we can do about it."

The United manager added that his failure to land Kluivert has made him more
determined to land his other transfer target, Aston Villa's Dwight Yorke.

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 09:51:03 -0700
Subject:Van Hooijdonk? (TeamTalk)

Van Eyes O.T Switch?

Unsettled Nottingham Forest man Pierre Van Hooijdonk could be eyeing a move
to Old Trafford.

The troubled Dutch international has handed a transfer request to Forest
boss Dave Basset and now hopes to line up for a major European club/.

With Alex Ferguson's summer striker search so far drawing a blank, the
United boss may give serious consideration to a swoop for the giant 28-year
old.

Indeed Fergie appears to have limited options left if he hopes to secure a
new frontman before the deadline for the Champions League group stages.

Patrick Kluivert last night confirmed his refusal to consider a switch to
Manchester, following reported snubs from Gabriel Batistuta and Ariel
Ortega.

Kluivert told reporters he wouldn't move to Utd as he is a lifelong Gooner!
The Dutchman said: "Arsenal are the club I have supported since I was a boy.

"United are not one of my favourite clubs."

That has left Dwight Yorke as the only current target left in the frame, but
John Gregory last night threatened to price the Trinidad and Tobago man out
of a move.

Gregory said he had been quoted a staggering £25m to take Christian Vieri to
Villa Park as a replacement for Yorke and would adjust the 26-year old's
price tag accordingly.

That has left Ferguson in transfer limbo and the United boss may now hold
off any move until after the Champions League group stages.

However he will be aware that Hooijdonk could be available for around £8m,
less than half the fee for Yorke.

The giant Dutch striker would provide the ariel threat Fergie is after and
has a formidable scoring record.

He netted 44 in just 69 games for Celtic and last year hit 34 goals for
Forest.

No doubt Fergie would be attracted by the possibility of a quick deal, with
Dave Basset now resigned to losing his star.
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Date:         Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:08:07 +0800
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From: Red Devil Marcus 
Subject:     Bruce Swoops For Twiss (TeamTalk)

Bruce Back In Swoop

Steve Bruce is poised to sign young midfielder Michael Twiss from his old
club Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson has agreed to let the player spend a year on-loan with the
Blades.

Bruce, who describes Twiss as "a powerful boy with real talent", says he
wanted to buy the 20-year-old but Ferguson refused.

With intense competition for midfield places at Old Trafford, Ferguson has
instead given Twiss the go-ahead to join United on loan.

No doubt with a view to bringing him back an improved player.
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Date:         Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:09:45 +0800
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From: Red Devil Marcus 

Subject:    Worthington Cup (PA)

BOSSES ENJOY TASTE OF WORTHINGTON
By Neil Silver, PA Sport

Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are throwing their full weight behind the
new look Worthington Cup in a bid to help retain the UEFA Cup place for the
competition's winners.

The League Cup suffered a turbulent year last season after losing the
European place for the winners. There was further bad publicity when the
Premiership's big guns fielded weakened teams because they did not value the
competition.

But after a combined fight by the league and the football association which
went as far as the European Commission, the European place was retained for
a further three years.

Now Worthington has secured a five year deal to sponsor the League Cup,
which is worth £23million.

Manchester United manager Ferguson said: "We acknowledge the important role
the new Worthington Cup plays in British football. The Cup provides one of
the three automatic places in Europe and helps to provide invaluable
all-round experience for the players."

Arsenal boss Wenger said: "I will have no problems in motivating my players
for Worthington Cup matches. You only have to remember our hard-fought clash
with West Ham last season to know this competition has a special place in
the hearts of British footballers. After all, we are talking about a Wembley
final and European qualification."

The advent of the Worthington Cup coincides with a change in the format of
the competition, which sees the introduction of seeding in the first round.
This gives a number of lower division clubs an opportunity early in the
season to play one of the country's leading clubs.

The teams who finished in the top 36 places in the Nationwide League last
season will play the teams who occupied the next 36 places. There will also
be north and south regions to enable local derbies.

The Premiership clubs have been seeded to enable the smaller ones to get a
big draw and generate interest in the early rounds.

Another new initiative is the introduction of five substitutes from which
three may be chosen.

Once again, the Premiership teams who are not playing in Europe will join
the competition in the second round. The others will take part from round
three.

Football league chief executive Richard Scudamore welcomed the support of
the big guns.

He said: "The Premier League and Football League expect the clubs to give
the utmost commitment that this great competition deserves.

"Their backing will help us retain our European place."

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