Manchester United to Honor Sir Alex Ferguson With Old Trafford Statue: The Nightly EPL

With Sir Alex Ferguson edging closer and closer to retirement (it has to happen sooner or later, right), Manchester United announced today that it will be erecting a statue of Ferguson outside the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand at Old Trafford later this month.

While the above pictured statue isn’t the final design (thanks to talkSPORT for their humorous Photoshop image), it should be interesting to see what it’ll look like. Ferguson of young, or Ferguson of old? We’ll find out soon.

Here are the Premier League news headlines tonight:

• Manchester United to honour Sir Alex Ferguson with Old Trafford statue — The Guardian
• Arsene Wenger says Arsenal players have lost belief (Video) — BBC Sport
• ‘Changing our manager now would be suicidal’: QPR chief Tony Fernandes says — The Mirror
• Accused Mark Clattenburg will not officiate this weekend — The Independent
• Roberto Mancini fired up at Champions League press conference — Manchester Evening News
• Do the stats back up Roberto Mancini’s claims about Manchester City? — The Guardian
• Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole advised to return to France — The Independent
• Darren Fletcher reveals daily battle against illness — The Telegraph
• FA to summon Clattenburg next week — The Independent
• Mancini hints at new Man City contract for Yaya Toure — Manchester Evening News
• Arsenal injury crisis deepens before Champions League — The Mail
• Jose Enrique says Liverpool are just a few wins from being top-four challengers — The Independent
• Juan Mata says Shakhtar Donetsk match must be treated ‘like a final — The Independent
• Richard Dunne has returned to training after five months out of action — Sky Sports
• Arsenal’s lack of creativity worries Arsène Wenger before Schalke tie — The Guardian
• QPR demonstrates the wrong way to build a global brand — The Footy Blog
• Charlie Adam blames media for Craig Levein’s sacking — The Mirror
• André Santos apologises to Arsenal team-mates for Van Persie shirt swap — The Guardian
• Aston Villa to assess Darren Bent injury amid fears of lengthy spell on the sidelines — The Independent
• Stoke hoping new six-year deal for Ryan Shawcross will ward off Man Utd and Spurs — The Telegraph
• Shinji Kagawa left out of Japan squad for World Cup qualifiers — The Independent
• Man United season tickets still on sale – 10 games into season — Manchester Evening News

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