Lothar Matthaus - Forza Milan

Manchester United have completed the signing of 15 year old AC Milan midfielder Hachim Mastour for a fee of around £5m. Matthaus has been interested in Mastour for over a year, first admitting he wanted to sign the youngster whilst manager of Sporting CP.

Mastour, who is Italian, first emerged at Milan last season, although is yet to make his competitive debut for the club. He was close to sealing a move to Portuguese champions Sporting when Matthaus was still manager last January, but the Lisbon club couldn't free up the money to complete the move, and now Matthaus has jumped at the chance to sign a player held in such high regard by the United scouts. Mastour is also eligible to play for Morocco, but has said that he only wishes to play for Italy, if he gets the chance.

He is only on a youth contract at Old Trafford, but will sign a professional contract with United once he reaches his 17th birthday in 2015. That contract will be on £2.2k p/w, a bargain for a player of such high potential.

2013-03-09 11:47#83881 Donatt :

2013-03-09 08:10#83854 Blue :

Matthaus: "Mancini The Best"

Some Manchester United fans have called for manager Lothar Matthaus' head after he claimed manager of rivals City, Roberto Mancini, is "the best manager in the world right now". City top the Barclays Premier League table going into 2014, while United are below expectations in 6th.

The German manager spoke about Mancini in a press conference ahead of the derby in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Old Trafford, and this is what he had to say: "for me, Roberto is the best manager in the world right now, and it's an honour competing against him, like I will in the next match. If you look at what he's done in his career, especially with City, it's amazing, and he's not even 50 yet. He can go on and do anything he wants now, although he can't beat what he's managed to accomplish with City. A trophy a season since 2010-11 is great, especially in this league, and that is why I think he's the best in the world."

The derby in United's next match will be the second time Matthaus and Mancini have gone head-to-head, and in the first match, it was Matthaus who came out on top, with a 1-0 victory thanks to a late goal by winger Nani. He will be hoping for a larger margin of victory in the next match, so he can take a secure lead back to the Etihad in two weeks' time.

You're doing a great job with Manchester United,but i would never agree that Mancini is the best coach,in fact he's not in top 25 !!!

Not in the top 25? Really? You must be joking! He took the title off you when you had an 8 point lead!

2013-03-09 12:00#83883 Blue :

2013-03-09 11:47#83881 Donatt :

2013-03-09 08:10#83854 Blue :

Matthaus: "Mancini The Best"

Some Manchester United fans have called for manager Lothar Matthaus' head after he claimed manager of rivals City, Roberto Mancini, is "the best manager in the world right now". City top the Barclays Premier League table going into 2014, while United are below expectations in 6th.

The German manager spoke about Mancini in a press conference ahead of the derby in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Old Trafford, and this is what he had to say: "for me, Roberto is the best manager in the world right now, and it's an honour competing against him, like I will in the next match. If you look at what he's done in his career, especially with City, it's amazing, and he's not even 50 yet. He can go on and do anything he wants now, although he can't beat what he's managed to accomplish with City. A trophy a season since 2010-11 is great, especially in this league, and that is why I think he's the best in the world."

The derby in United's next match will be the second time Matthaus and Mancini have gone head-to-head, and in the first match, it was Matthaus who came out on top, with a 1-0 victory thanks to a late goal by winger Nani. He will be hoping for a larger margin of victory in the next match, so he can take a secure lead back to the Etihad in two weeks' time.

You're doing a great job with Manchester United,but i would never agree that Mancini is the best coach,in fact he's not in top 25 !!!

Not in the top 25? Really? You must be joking! He took the title off you when you had an 8 point lead!

Well i guess you don't know what luck is

2013-03-09 12:08#83885 Donatt :

2013-03-09 12:00#83883 Blue :

2013-03-09 11:47#83881 Donatt :

2013-03-09 08:10#83854 Blue :

Matthaus: "Mancini The Best"

Some Manchester United fans have called for manager Lothar Matthaus' head after he claimed manager of rivals City, Roberto Mancini, is "the best manager in the world right now". City top the Barclays Premier League table going into 2014, while United are below expectations in 6th.

The German manager spoke about Mancini in a press conference ahead of the derby in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Old Trafford, and this is what he had to say: "for me, Roberto is the best manager in the world right now, and it's an honour competing against him, like I will in the next match. If you look at what he's done in his career, especially with City, it's amazing, and he's not even 50 yet. He can go on and do anything he wants now, although he can't beat what he's managed to accomplish with City. A trophy a season since 2010-11 is great, especially in this league, and that is why I think he's the best in the world."

The derby in United's next match will be the second time Matthaus and Mancini have gone head-to-head, and in the first match, it was Matthaus who came out on top, with a 1-0 victory thanks to a late goal by winger Nani. He will be hoping for a larger margin of victory in the next match, so he can take a secure lead back to the Etihad in two weeks' time.

You're doing a great job with Manchester United,but i would never agree that Mancini is the best coach,in fact he's not in top 25 !!!

Not in the top 25? Really? You must be joking! He took the title off you when you had an 8 point lead!

Well i guess you don't know what luck is

What, we beat you, and that's luck?

Not really

AGUEROOOOOOOO!! :-P

Some nice updates Blue I am really enjoying this story

2013-03-09 15:49#83906 Justice96 : Some nice updates Blue I am really enjoying this story

Thanks Justice

2013-03-09 12:32#83889 MCFCDAP : AGUEROOOOOOOO!! :-P

Surely you meant to post this?

2013-03-09 15:56#83911 Blue :

2013-03-09 12:32#83889 MCFCDAP : AGUEROOOOOOOO!! :-P

Surely you meant to post this?

Still get goosebumps everytime i see it

2013-03-10 07:56#84039 MCFCDAP :

2013-03-09 15:56#83911 Blue :

2013-03-09 12:32#83889 MCFCDAP : AGUEROOOOOOOO!! :-P

Surely you meant to post this?

Still get goosebumps everytime i see it

I don't know about you guys but I think that Aguero is more suited to being a stripper

2013-03-10 09:51#84046 The FM Rookie :

2013-03-10 07:56#84039 MCFCDAP :

2013-03-09 15:56#83911 Blue :

2013-03-09 12:32#83889 MCFCDAP : AGUEROOOOOOOO!! :-P

Surely you meant to post this?

Still get goosebumps everytime i see it

I don't know about you guys but I think that Aguero is more suited to being a stripper

it hurts everytime i see that goal..

Decided to have my 2000th post on this awesome story.

I think it's currently the best story on FM Scout, thus the reason for me spending my iconic 2000th post on here.

Thank you for the quality story Blue

2013-03-11 07:44#84214 Glenn T : Decided to have my 2000th post on this awesome story.

I think it's currently the best story on FM Scout, thus the reason for me spending my iconic 2000th post on here.

Thank you for the quality story Blue

Thanks Glenn, means a lot can't remember how many times I've nearly given it up

congrats on passing 25k easily deserved and current best story on here right now, with James' liverpool 1 a close second great writing as usual Blue, keep up the good work and 30k will be right round the corner and so on and so on

2013-03-11 18:28#84273 MarkKolatowicz : congrats on passing 25k easily deserved and current best story on here right now, with James' liverpool 1 a close second great writing as usual Blue, keep up the good work and 30k will be right round the corner and so on and so on

Thanks Mark