Wout Weghorst, the striker on loan, is hopeful about staying at the club beyond the summer. Manchester United has grappled with scoring goals this season. No doubt, it has been one of the biggest problems. The fitness woes of Anthony Martial, the petulance of Cristiano Ronaldo, and the inability of Wout Weghorst to finish. These three have their struggles.
With Erik ten Hag at the helm of things, Manchester United has been on a winning spree this season. Erik’s reign has started excellently here as the team has claimed a 14th home win recently. There is an upcoming Leeds United game, a team that is currently without a manager. Hence, here too Manchester United is coming in as a favorite. They hope to gain points that will put them on a level with Manchester City. Indeed, United has been performing well, even better than forecasts under Erik. They slumped home to the sixth position last season. But now Ten Hag has big improvements in his plans and hopes to get the team to close gaps on top sides.
Rio Ferdinand has disclosed that he has almost convinced Luka Modric to be a part of Manchester United rather than Real Madrid. However, the hierarchy had already agreed on a deal with some other player. The star player of Croatia left Tottenham for Bernabeu only over a decade ago, in the summer of 2012, and had a shining career, which included five Champion League titles and also a Ballon d’Or.
Rio Ferdinand has disclosed that he has almost convinced Luka Modric to be a part of Manchester United rather than Real Madrid. However, the hierarchy had already agreed on a deal with some other player. The star player of Croatia left Tottenham for Bernabeu only over a decade ago, in the summer of 2012, and had a shining career, which included five Champion League titles and also a Ballon d’Or.
Man Utd manager Erik ten Hag has welcomed Cristiano Ronaldo back to first-team training at Carrington on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo has trained with the rest of the Manchester United first-team squad for the first time since being exiled for refusing to come on as a substitute against Tottenham. Ronaldo was dropped from the squad to face Chelsea at the weekend after he’d told Erik ten Hag he wouldn’t come on as a late substitute in the 2-0 win against Spurs on Wednesday.
Manchester United are set to be without five key players for tomorrow’s Europa League group stage encounter against Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova. The Red Devils started their European campaign on a disappointing note with a 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad at home. The La Liga outfit won with a controversial penalty. Manager Erik ten Hag will want a strong response against Sheriff on Thursday, and ahead of the game, United have confirmed their travelling squad of 22 players.
According to a report by Spanish publication AS, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain have both approached Red Bull Salzburg over a summer move for teenage sensation Benjamin Sesko. Manchester United and Chelsea are also said to be monitoring the young striker. Benjamin Sesko came into the limelight with his recent performances for Red Bull Salzburg, especially in a recent friendly against Liverpool, where he scored the only goal of the match. The 19-year-old has also started the new Austrian Bundesliga season in fine fashion, scoring once and assisting once in two league appearances so far.
Manchester United officials were surprised by the transfer request from star player Cristiano Ronaldo. This is according to the report from English publication Daily Mail which stated that senior Manchester United officials were caught off-guard by the exit request from the five-time Ballond’or winner.
Champions League finalists Liverpool and arch rivals Manchester United are keen to sign Benfica striker Darwin Nunez as the race to sign the Uruguayan international hots up. The interest of both Liverpool and Manchester United in 22-year-old Nunez was revealed by The Independent. According to the recent report from the aforementioned English publication, Manchester United and Liverpool want to add Nunez to their firepower this summer.
Frenchman Raphael Varane scored his first goal for Manchester United as he helped the three-game European champions thrash Brentford in a Premier League clash played at the Theatre of Dreams earlier in the week. The ex-Lens and Real Madrid central defender scored the third Manchester United goal in a 3-0 home win over West London outfit Brentford on Monday night.
