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Former Manchester United defender and France international, Mikael Silvestre, has recalled his first encounter with Cristiano Ronaldo and how he immediately knew that Alex Ferguson’s side needed to sign him.  Silvestre, who made 249 appearances for Manchester United between 1999-2008, spoke about his former side’s 2003 pre-season friendly with Sporting Lisbon where a teenage Ronaldo played an instrumental role in …

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players to ever grace a football pitch.  His exploits over the course of the last decade have gone down in history with the Portuguese goal-machine securing domestic titles in England, Spain and Italy while he’s also added five Champions Leagues and five Ballon d’Or awards to his repertoire. Ronaldo’s rise to greatness began …

For former Manchester United and Sunderland defenders John O’Shea and Wes Brown their careers in the game have followed an almost identical trajectory. As young players at United, the duo worked their way into the Old Trafford first team, becoming reliable senior figures at the club, winning everything there is to win from Premier League titles to European Cups. The …

Former Manchester United and Ireland defender John O’Shea has outlined what it was like coming up against Cristiano Ronaldo during United training. O’Shea made nearly 400 appearances for the Red Devils during his time at the club with six of them spent in the same team as  Ronaldo. The Portuguese phenom was just starting to become one of the world’s …

Reading defender John O’Shea announced last week that he would be calling time on his glittering career at the end of the season. The 38-year old, who joined the Royals at the start of the season, made his final professional appearance against Birmingham on Sunday. The Waterford native joined Manchester United as a 17-year-old back in 1998 before going on …

Originally published on April 30, 2019. On Tuesday former Ireland and Manchester United defender John O’Shea announced that he would be calling time on his career at the end of the season. O’Shea, who has been at Championship side Reading since the start of the season, brings the curtain down on a career that has spanned over 20 years and …

After five Premier League titles, an FA Cup, Champions League and 118 international caps, John O’Shea will bow out of professional football at the end of the season.  The former Republic of Ireland captain’s club, Reading, announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday, the centre back’s 38th birthday. O’Shea will bow out following Reading’s final league game with Birmingham City …

Former Ireland and Manchester United defender John O’Shea has outlined his ambitions to get into coaching when he calls time on his glittering club career. O’Shea, who is currently plying his trade at Championship side Reading, has previously captained both Sunderland and Ireland and also spent 12 years at Manchester United. The centre-half has always been a leader on the …

Former Ireland captain John O’Shea has had his say on potential Irish call-ups under the “granny rule” outlining that he feels Mick McCarthy shouldn’t be “chasing players.” The new boss will name his first Irish squad ahead of their Euro 2020 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia on Thursday, although they will not include the likes of Patrick Bamford and Nathan …

Former Ireland captain John O’Shea has praised “top quality” Lee O’Connor as the Manchester United youngster looks to follow in the Waterford man’s footsteps at Old Trafford. The 18-year old was called up to the Ireland squad for their games against Northern Ireland and Denmark in November and has impressed for United’s U19s and U23s this season. O’Connor had been …

It’s four years to the day that John O’Shea set Gelsenkirchen alight. In 2014, Ireland were on a high heading to Germany during their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, having defeated Georgia and Gibraltar. While their win over the then-world champions a year later would go down in history, this away clash would prove no less crucial. Aiden McGeady scored a …

This afternoon, thousands will descend on the city of Cork to pay tribute to one of its sons, Liam Miller who lost his battle with cancer earlier this year.  Former teammates will honour his memory by taking part in the Liam Miller Tribute match in Pairc Ui Chaoimh with Roy Keane taking charge of a Man United side that includes Rio …

John O’Shea’s playing career will continue for another year. The Ireland legend retired from international football at the weekend following Ireland’s 201 win over the USA, but has opted to continue playing at club level. O’Shea spent the last seven seasons with Sunderland, who were relegated in successive seasons from the Premier League and Championship respectively. Now the 37-year-old will …

Taking experience, form, previous selection history​ and performances in the last few friendlies into account, who are the most important Ireland players right now?

Having just retired from international football, John O'Shea's summer of change is set to continue as he prepares to join a new club.​

Ireland sealed a victory over the United States on Saturday night courtesy of a last-gasp winner by substitute Alan Judge. The Boys in Green had to come from behind to grind out the win against a largely inexperienced American side, with Judge’s last-gasp strike coming after Graham Burke’s equaliser just before the hour mark. Overall, it was a performance and …

Declan Rice is fast becoming one of the most important names on Martin O'Neill's teamsheet.​

​Ireland came from behind to defeat the USA by 2-1 at the Aviva Stadium in what was John O'Shea's final appearance for his country.