Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been told he can quit Old Trafford after a furious bust-up with Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Brazilian star left Fergie fuming after reacting badly to his failure to make the starting line-up for the Community Shield defeat by Chelsea.

The Scot was so angry he later confronted Anderson over his actions and was stunned by the 21-year-old’s refusal to back down.

Anderson insisted he was good enough to be in the team and was frustrated at being overlooked, with rookie Darron Gibson taking his place in the squad.

And with the Brazilian international claiming he would prefer to quit rather than sit on the sidelines, Ferguson is willing to grant him his wish.

Anderson’s flare-up has seen him barely feature this season. He played 59 minutes stuck out on the left wing in the defeat at Burnley and hardly made an impact.

He didn’t even make the bench for the 5-0 win over Wigan, with Gibson being handed the job of shoring up the centre of midfield when Paul Scholes became tired.

The row is a major blow to Ferguson who hoped the former Porto star would mature into a key player this season.

But having seen his close pal Cristiano Ronaldo leave for Real Madrid in the summer, Anderson could soon be following him out of the Old Trafford door.

United paid nearly £18m for Anderson in May 2007 after Ferguson’s scouts told him the midfielder was one of the best prospects around.

He fired one of the shoot-out penalties in the 2008 Champions League final win over Chelsea after coming on as a sub, and started the defeat by Barcelona in last season’s competition, but he now faces an uncertain future.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news...cle129305.html



I really hope this aint true, i fort this was going to be his season!!

He's better than Gibson but i would rather see Fletch, Carrick, Hargreaves (r.i.p), Giggs all before him. Gotta stick by the gaffer

giggs is past it...Anderson has potential but he aint lived up to it yet..altho the song for him is dope lol

A guy who's scored 1 goal in open play? I think it's one? Yeah, i don't think i'll miss him too much.

Didnt you see the Burnley game? Giggs was our best player and player of the year last year, so i dont see how he's past it just yet.

europe ruined anderson..he was such an offensive beast back in gremio...then he went to man u and fergie stopped playing him like he's supposed to play..that's why you don't see him score...it annoys me how shit of a player he turned out to be

Too fucking true. If you even look at some of the clips of him on youtube you see the type of flair tricks type player he was pulling off unreal skills hes a different player now more like an edgar davids as opposed to a ronaldhino type player

^and not even an edgar davids in his prime..maybe an edgar davids in the end of his career, when he started playing more cautious and shit.

Well... he wasnt bad at all in FC Porto... he just was signed too early... Man Utd wanted to make sure they keep the good talents but they end up fuck them up :S Nani's luck was CR9 leave the club and Giggs not being at his best

even nani is not playing like he was back at sporting...him and anderson were very skillful players, with anderson imo even being much more complete player than young ronaldo...at age 17-18.