but for professional footballers, leaving Man United seems to be the thing to do if you're looking to win a golden boot - at least in '07/'08:
David Bellion scored 4 in 24 for United between 2003 and 2006 before returning to his native France. This season he's scored 10 in 13 for Bordeaux, making him Ligue 1's second highest scorer.
Diego Forlan scored 10 goals in 63 games for United from 2002 to 2004. He has since become one of La Liga's most prolific strikers, scoring 62 goals at Villareal and 5 (this season) for Atletico Madrid.
Having joined the United youth team from Parma in 2004, Giuseppe Rossi managed only one first team goal in five appearances in '05/'06, spending the following season out on loan. After scoring 9 Serie A goals in 16 games while at Parma for the second half of last season, his La Liga career at Villareal has picked up where he left off in Italy, with 7 goals in 10 games.
Unlike the others mentioned here, Ruud van Nistelrooy had an admirable goal scoring record at United, netting 150 goals from 200 starts. He hasn't slowed down since leaving in 2006, with 39 goals so far for Real Madrid.
If Sam Allardyce stops, playing him in front of the back four, maybe Alan Smith will get a chance to show similar form at Newcastle. I can't say (with the possible exception of the 20 year old Rossi) that I particularly regret any of their departures, but I am curious as to how - if at all - their subsequent success reflects upon their coaching at United. Could more have been done to accomodate these players? Forlan did show flashes of brilliance and Rossi was always going to be a star. However, these two are players deserving of first-team football, which I doubt Ferguson could have guaranteed either of them and as such their transfers were probably in everyone's best interests. Ruud had to leave and three months of good football is not enough to convince me in Bellion's case. If this trend has anything to it though, maybe it's time Dong Fang Zhou got to stepping...
David Bellion scored 4 in 24 for United between 2003 and 2006 before returning to his native France. This season he's scored 10 in 13 for Bordeaux, making him Ligue 1's second highest scorer.
Diego Forlan scored 10 goals in 63 games for United from 2002 to 2004. He has since become one of La Liga's most prolific strikers, scoring 62 goals at Villareal and 5 (this season) for Atletico Madrid.
Having joined the United youth team from Parma in 2004, Giuseppe Rossi managed only one first team goal in five appearances in '05/'06, spending the following season out on loan. After scoring 9 Serie A goals in 16 games while at Parma for the second half of last season, his La Liga career at Villareal has picked up where he left off in Italy, with 7 goals in 10 games.
Unlike the others mentioned here, Ruud van Nistelrooy had an admirable goal scoring record at United, netting 150 goals from 200 starts. He hasn't slowed down since leaving in 2006, with 39 goals so far for Real Madrid.
If Sam Allardyce stops, playing him in front of the back four, maybe Alan Smith will get a chance to show similar form at Newcastle. I can't say (with the possible exception of the 20 year old Rossi) that I particularly regret any of their departures, but I am curious as to how - if at all - their subsequent success reflects upon their coaching at United. Could more have been done to accomodate these players? Forlan did show flashes of brilliance and Rossi was always going to be a star. However, these two are players deserving of first-team football, which I doubt Ferguson could have guaranteed either of them and as such their transfers were probably in everyone's best interests. Ruud had to leave and three months of good football is not enough to convince me in Bellion's case. If this trend has anything to it though, maybe it's time Dong Fang Zhou got to stepping...
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