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Ever since stating he wished to leave Manchester United back in 2010, Wayne Rooney has never been too far away from speculation linking him with a move away from Old Trafford.

There is no doubting his ability as a footballer, and what he can do to opponents on his day.  

It was on a titanic February night in Madrid’s magnificent Santiago Bernabeau Stadium that, amongst the lights and flashbulbs, the red and white jerseys, and 85,000 passionate fans, one man in green made his presence felt.

Last Tuesday night I witnessed one of the best games I have ever seen in European Football as we were 1-0 up against Real Madrid, the 9 times winners of this illustrious competition and leading 2-1 on aggregate.

We were really in the ascendancy to push on and increase our lead to spearhead our charge of getting into the last eight of Europe’s elite club competition.

Gareth Bale seemingly is etching his name ever so closely to becoming a truly great player. In American sports the player of the year in a league gets the MVP (most valuable player) award.

In England this award is called the ‘player of the year’ award. When I think about who should win the Premier League’s award, two players come to mind. Bale and Manchester United’s very own Robin van Persie.

So Manchester United’s route to repeating 1999 now includes Chelsea in the Cup, Real Madrid in Europe and Manchester City in the League. Winning will involve dispatching the Premier League and La Liga Champions and the European Champions, a pretty tough ask – on paper.

Matches between Real Madrid and Manchester United rarely disappoint and the game yesterday was no exception.

A brilliant game with 90 minutes filled with pulsating action enthralled a worldwide crowd of over 200 million viewers. Let us here look at the tie and its implications from a United viewpoint:

Wayne Rooney was suspended and Dimitar Berbatov injured.

This paved the way for young Federico Macheda at just the age of 17 to get a place on the Manchester United bench for the crunch clash on a sunny Sunday afternoon in April against a high flying Aston Villa side led by Martin O’Neill.

It was meant to be a straightforward affair – defeat Fulham for the second weekend in a row to go 10 points clear at the top of the table.

But Manchester United’s match alongside the River Thames proved far from easy, and it took a late Wayne Rooney goal to take the 3 points.

The game between Manchester United and Southampton was really contrary to popular perception.

Many, including yours truly, were of the view that an easy 3-0 win or more would be the final outcome. It was so not the case! Here are the five talking points from the game: 

The draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League are out! Manchester United have drawn Spanish giants Real Madrid.

This is THE tie of the round. On one hand we have Real who are desperate to land the fabled `La Decima` and on the other we have United whose manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants a third UCL title badly.