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.
Team News: Arsenal captain Alexandre Lacazette could return for Saturday’s Premier League visit of Manchester United. The striker is back in full training after testing positive for coronavirus but could find himself on the bench after his replacement Eddie Nketiah hit a brace in the 4-2 win at Chelsea. Takehiro Tomiyasu (calf) is closing in on a return while Kieran Tierney (knee) and Thomas Partey (thigh) are long-term absentees.
Manchester United have taken their unbeaten run to eleven games in all competitions after the goalless draw with Watford in the Premier League at the weekend. Manchester United and Watford met at the Theatre of Dreams on Saturday evening for their second Premier League meeting. At the end of 90 minutes, the two teams were unable to score at least one goal as the game ended in a stalemate.
English Premier League giants Manchester United are expected to pay a visit to the summer transfer window and make new signings in the coming months. The club’s fans have been clamoring for new signings for quite some time now and were disappointed that no new player was signed in the January winter transfer window. Of the players that were linked with a move to Old Trafford in January, none of them made the move and a lot of fans were left frustrated in the process. Despite not signing any player, as many as three stars were allowed to leave the club but they did so on loan.
Interim Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has disclosed that he won’t be doing much rotation to his team ahead of the FA Cup third round tie with Aston Villa. A fourth round berth in the FA Cup is the incentive when Manchester United take on Villa at the Theatre of Dreams.
