Council Estate

Another quiet day.  The Sun has the inside scoop on Nani's contract talks and on Sir Alex's team selection tomorrow:

Nani has two years left on his £90,000-a-week deal but wanted that boosted by nearly 50 per cent to more than £130,000.

United told the player’s representatives to forget it and have not gone back with an offer.

Now nervous Nani is ready to drop the demands.

He wants to keep his basic the same and accept around £30,000 for each appearance.

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Fergie chose him ahead of Ashley Young on Monday.

Again he disappointed, getting booked early, failing to create a decent chance and being subbed by Young with 12 minutes left.

Young will start against Fulham tomorrow.

That's quite the anonymous source, they seem to know everything...

The Sun continue with their brilliant inside information by telling us that Evans may well be fit to play against Fulham.  That was in the other papers yesterday you say? Oh...

Not much else about, some quotes from Ryan Giggs:

"It [the Dutchman's arrival] sends out a big message. And it's great when a player comes out and says he wants to come to the club as well.

"I'm biased, but players should want to come to United because you're always guaranteed to be up there challenging for trophies, there's a great team spirit, top facilities and you get to play for a great manager. There are so many plus points."

The Mail have a story that I'm sure was elsewhere last week, nothing like getting there eventually.  George Best's old house is now a B&B, quite an interesting read:

'We had the museum idea like John Lennon's house in Liverpool,' explained Sarah Douglas of the Partnership, sitting in that front room. 'But this street is so narrow, you couldn't have tour buses coming along. We also had to make it financially sustainable.'

They settled on a B&B that would honour Best and his roots. Profits will go back into the community.

Upstairs in Best's box of a bedroom you can sleep in his single bed - an option many females chose down the years (though not too many in this house).