From The Times:
Wimps, cowards, and pretty boys. Who are we talking about? Manchester United, who have been called all those names and accused of ‘taking the easy road like a champion boxer ducking the top contender’. United will be taking part in a tour of America next summer during which they will play Celtic, Barcelona, Juventus and the Mexican side America. But they won’t be taking on the local teams because, according to USA Today columnist Beau Dure, Ruud van Nistelrooy could not get past the US goalkeepers. ‘These aren’t the second-rate Scandinavian goalkeepers he faces in England,’ says Beau, ‘where the only star keeper is Brad Friedel’