New Manchester United assistant manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is excited to return to Old Trafford for the start of the 2024/25 Premier League season. The former Netherlands striker was my hero growing up. He played for United between 2001 and 2006, scoring an astonishing 150 goals in 219 appearances and completed the clean sweep of domestic trophies. That said, I do believe Van Nistelrooy was misfortunate no... »
Manchester United want to improve their build-up play and Andre Onana has not hidden away by stressing his intent to bait pressure from opponents. We often joked last season about fans suffering from heartburn as a result of Onana’s risk-taking. The Cameroon goalkeeper believes United will improve building from the back this season and says fans should be prepared for him taking plenty of risks. “Yes, that’... »
Joshua Zirkzee aims to hit the ground running at Manchester United by producing the same level of performance he managed at Bologna last season. The Netherlands international is preparing for his debut Premier League campaign, after missing pre-season due to his involvement at the European Championship in Germany earlier this summer. Zirkzee scored 11 goals and registered five assists for Bologna last term.... »
Manchester United fell to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Liverpool in their final pre-season clash overnight. Goals from Fabio Carvalho, Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas were enough for Arne Slot to reign victorious over Erik ten Hag in the Dutchmen’s first encounter. However, fans who tuned in to coverage would argue that the scoreline wasn’t entirely representative of the match’s affairs. Nevert... »
Christian Eriksen is amongst a host of Manchester United players facing uncertain futures at the club this summer. Indeed, the experienced Dane has now entered the final 12 months of his contract at Old Trafford, having joined as a free agent following his Brentford release in 2022. Eriksen became one of the first signings of Erik ten Hag’s tenure and proceeded to play an integral role in his debut United c... »
Now growing frustrated after numerous failed attempts to sign Matthijs de Ligt, Manchester United are considering alternative centre-half acquisitions. As such, transfer chiefs have landed on a significantly more expensive but younger and more promising option in the form of Benfica’s Antonio Silva. The name may well ring a bell among the Old Trafford faithful, given that the club have been linked with the ... »
Despite burying the hatchet with Erik ten Hag and returning to first-team training a fortnight ago, Jadon Sancho is still being heavily linked with a move away from Old Trafford this summer. After the pair reconciled and Sancho was pictured wearing Manchester United gear for the first time since their notorious fallout last September, fans assumed the player would be spending the forthcoming campaign at Ten... »
The wait is finally over as Mason Greenwood officially becomes a Marseille player. From early promise to controversy, the 22-year-old forward knew there was no way back at Manchester United, who had decided it would be best for the forward to continue his career elsewhere. Greenwood impressed on loan at Getafe last season, scoring 8 goals in La Liga to attract interest from Marseille as well as Italian outf... »
After Leny Yoro’s Manchester United move is signed and sealed, the club will likely turn their attention to outgoings in order to raise funds for additional signings. Assuming there are no late hijack attempts from Real Madrid and the 18-year-old passes all his required medical tests, Yoro will become the Red Devils’ second acquisiton of the summer following Joshua Zirkzee’s arrival last week. Fabrizio Roma... »
Fabrizio Romano has detailed Manchester United’s next order of business should Leny Yoro’s move get over the line swiftly. The Reds acted in such a way in their pursuit of Yoro that fans were completely taken aback at how efficient INEOS are in getting deals done. For example, Liverpool are poised to miss out on the Frenchman despite targeting him as their priority centre-back signing, as they were set on t... »