Newly appointed AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho has backed Dean Henderson for the first-choice goalkeeper role at Manchester United. Ex-Manchester United boss Mourinho talked about England international Henderson and the goalkeeping department at his former club in a chat with The Times. According to him, Henderson has what it takes to become the number one goalkeeper at Old Trafford.
English Premier League giants Manchester United travel to Italy to take on their Italian opposition AS Roma in the return leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final encounter on Thursday night. United welcomed the Serie A club to Old Trafford last Thursday and secured a very impressive 6-2 first-leg win despite trailing 2-1 at the break.
North London giants Tottenham Hotspur are determined to keep star striker Harry Kane at the club amidst the transfer rumours linking the England national team skipper with Premier League rivals Manchester United and Manchester City. This is per reports from Manchester, England.
Manchester United will reportedly return for Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane years after they came close to signing him. United are long-term admirers of the France international defender and have chased him severally in the past but have not been able to take him to Old Trafford. But now, according to various reports coming from the news media outlets in Spain, the Old Trafford club want to make another attempt at signing him in the summer.
Belgian side Club Brugge have confirmed that they have completed the necessary process involved in sealing the loan move for Manchester United’s Young prospect Tahith Chong. The young player is widely considered as one of the future stars of the Red Devils and is seen at the club as one of the generational talents but with too much competition for slots in the first-team, manager Olé Gunnar Solksjær decided it was only wise to send him out on loan so he could get more game time.
Manchester United have been boosted with the return to fitness of centre back Victor Lindel of ahead of the visit of rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. The Swedish international is expected to make the Manchester United squad for the Carabao Cup tie after missing the last two games.
Paul Pogba has dominated the headlines in the past few days following the admission of his agent, Mino Raiola. According to the Italian, Paul Pogba will leave the club next summer as he no longer enjoys his football at Manchester United. Frenchman Pogba returned to Manchester United for a second spell in 2016 after the club paid a British transfer record fee of €100m (£89m) for him and he will have one year left on his contract by the time next summer comes.
Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes the Red Devils should have followed Chelsea’s transfer strategy and done most of their business during the early stage of the summer transfer window. The Blues have already made six major signings for the summer and when compared to them, United have been far apart with just the solitary purchase of Donny van de Beek from Ajax.
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has said that qualifying for Champions League is just the beginning for the club. In the upcoming months, United needs to improve in order to achieve titles. In the last match of this season against Leicester City, they won for 2-0 thus securing the third slot in the table and the ticket to Champions League. At the beginning of the current season, the prospect United qualifying for Champions League or finishing in the top four seemed unlikely. But with the arrival of Bruno Fernandes in the January transfer window things improved for the club.
Ander Herreraexplains what led to his departure from Manchester United to Paris Saint Germain. He has recently said that he deserved more attention from the club. He was transferred to United in 2014 from Athletic Club for £32 million. He has played 189 matches during his five-year stay at United. He was unable to lift the Premier League title during his stay but was the part of the squad which won Europa League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
