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  • Man Utd must replace De Gea with Henderson – Shearer

    Man Utd must replace De Gea with Henderson – Shearer

    Alan Shearer believes now is the time for Dean Henderson to replace David de Gea at Manchester United.

    The Spaniard continued his poor campaign with two blunders in the 3-1 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday.

    Henderson will return from a loan spell with Sheffield United this summer, and Shearer thinks he should be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first choice.

    “If the goalkeeper makes one mistake, or possibly two, you think you should stick with him,” he said on BBC. “But it keeps happening.

    “I think you only bring Dean Henderson back to Manchester United as the number one, or you keep him where he is to keep gaining experience. I think that time has come.”

  • Transfer: Man Utd contact agents for Victor Osimhen

    Transfer: Man Utd contact agents for Victor Osimhen

    Manchester United have made contact with the agents for wantaway Lille striker Victor Osimhen.

    Serie A giants Napoli were believed to be on the verge of signing him after agreeing a £46million fee with Lille.

    Yet journalist Ciro Venerato claims that United have not given up the race to land Osimhen just yet.

    He told CalcioNapoli24: “A few hours ago Manchester United phoned Osimhen’s new agent to find out if he had signed with Napoli.

    “If an offer from United comes, there would not be many possibilities because they have an economic power superior to that of Napoli.”

    Osimhen has quickly emerged as one of Europe’s top prospects following a breakout season in France.

  • Why Ighalo is not starting at Man Utd – Amokachi

    Why Ighalo is not starting at Man Utd – Amokachi

    Former Super Eagles player Daniel Amokachi has stated Odion Ighalo cannot replace Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in Manchester United’s starting line-up because he is ‘only a backup’ striker.

    The 31-year-old made a surprise loan switch to the Red Devils in January on transfer deadline day from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

    His arrival at Old Trafford comes on the back of Rashford’s back injury in January as the England international was expected to be ruled out for three months.

    “Manchester United brought in Odion Ighalo from Shanghai Shenhua as a back up to then injured Rashford. Now, Rashford is back from injury and so Ighalo has to take a back seat again,” Amokachi told Brila FM.

    “Our brother Odion was not loaned from Shanghai Shenhua as a starter at Man United but he has scored in the matches he started so Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may even decide that he has done well and deserves to have an extended time there, you never know.

    “We cannot expect him to have more playing time than the likes of Rashford and Anthony Martial because he is only a back up there.”

  • Pogba close to signing five-year Man Utd contract

    Pogba close to signing five-year Man Utd contract

    Paul Pogba is close to signing a new five-year contract at Manchester United.

    The Sun says United are confident of announcing the news at the end of the season.

    The Frenchman, 27, has had a change of heart since expressing his desire to leave the club this time last season.

    Boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reinstated him into his post-lockdown team after he recovered from an ankle injury.

    While Pogba looked tired and made a couple of errors against Southampton — one of which led to their first goal in Monday’s 2-2 draw — he has generally been playing well.

    Solskjaer had started to plan for the future without him but has noticed a real change in attitude and form.

  • ‘I didn’t want to coach De Gea any more’

    ‘I didn’t want to coach De Gea any more’

    Former Manchester United goalkeeping coach Emilio Alvarez has revealed that he left the club following a fallout with David De Gea over the player’s future, after the shotstopper put pen to paper on a new deal at Old Trafford.

    The 48-year-old has played down suggestions that he was released from his role at Carrington, instead revealing that his exit came down to personal and professional differences with the Spaniard between the sticks.

    De Gea extended his stay with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side last September, signing a new four-year contract that will keep him in Manchester until 2023, potentially taking him up to a dozen years with the Red Devils.

    “It’s not true that Manchester United relieved me of my duties,” he told AS . “In fact, once De Gea renewed, United put an offer on the table for me. It was me who asked to meet with the club so I could tell them I wanted to leave the club.

    “It was at this meeting they asked me to renew. I told them I was going but not because I wanted to leave United. I wanted to stop coaching De Gea.

    “Aside from being his mentor at Atletico Madrid, where I backed him strongly, I was the person who convinced him to sign for United. I was his right-hand man in Manchester.

    “I came to United thanks to the great work of Jorge Mendes and because Mourinho wanted to sign me to help David develop and to keep him at the club. At that moment, he wanted to leave United.

    “It’s not true that Manchester United relieved me of my duties,” he told AS . “In fact, once De Gea renewed, United put an offer on the table for me. It was me who asked to meet with the club so I could tell them I wanted to leave the club.

    “It was at this meeting they asked me to renew. I told them I was going but not because I wanted to leave United. I wanted to stop coaching De Gea.

    “Aside from being his mentor at Atletico Madrid, where I backed him strongly, I was the person who convinced him to sign for United. I was his right-hand man in Manchester.

    “I came to United thanks to the great work of Jorge Mendes and because Mourinho wanted to sign me to help David develop and to keep him at the club. At that moment, he wanted to leave United.

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  • Solskjaer reveals who he contacted before signing Fernandes

    Solskjaer reveals who he contacted before signing Fernandes

    Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lifted the lid on the steps taken to sign Bruno Fernandes in January from Sporting CP.

    Solskjaer has now spoken at length about the exhaustive process in scouting the Portuguese star, which involved a chat over the phone with Cristiano Ronaldo.

    He told the High Performance podcast: “So obviously Cristiano was an easy goal for me that I managed to get through.

    “Through Patrice Evra, I managed to get hold of Cristiano and his recommendation obviously stood him (Fernandes) in good stead.”

    The manager added: “It was off the field as well in training. And he demands off me. He demands off his team-mates. The first day he was in the club, he shook everyone’s hand. He doesn’t, he didn’t come in here thinking, ‘I’m the, I’m the big shot. I’m… you follow me’. No, he shook absolutely every staff members’ hand.

    “And, of course, this is a family – Man United – we’ve always been a family, and Sir Alex, the way he’s created this atmosphere in this dressing, in this training ground, I think it’s unique.”

    Crucially, Fernandes had the ability to earn respect quickly too.

    “He’s got the talent of course,” Solskjer continued. “That’s, you can see the quality is there. And we’ve seen that for a long time, but then again, he steps up when it matters.

    “And he does it when it matters. He’s delivered crosses, he’s delivered assists, he’s scored goals, he’s took penalties. He’s done everything in a short space of time that you’d expect…”

  • Pogba wants to be social media leader – Keane

    Pogba wants to be social media leader – Keane

    Manchester United great Roy Keane says Paul Pogba will be happy not being the main main in the dressing room.

    Pogba scored in last night’s victory over Aston Villa.

    Keane said on Sky Sports: “We’ve been saying the last year or two Pogba needs to take more of a lead with the team. I don’t think he wants to be a leader.

    “I think Pogba will enjoy Maguire coming in, showing different leadership skills, Fernandes as well on the pitch, Pogba likes that, he doesn’t want to be the main guy.

    “He wants to be the main guy on social media, but on the pitch he’s thinking ‘I’ll be glad of that, I’ll just be under the radar.’ He looks like he’s enjoying himself a bit more.”

  • Solskjaer reveals the secret to unlocking Martial’s form

    Solskjaer reveals the secret to unlocking Martial’s form

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Anthony Martial settling into the number nine role has prompted his good run of form which has seen the Manchester United forward reach 20 goals for the season.

    The Frenchman scored his first career hat-trick against Sheffield United last month and followed it up with a perfectly-struck strike against Bournemouth at the weekend, taking him to 15 Premier League goals this season.

    It is already Martial’s best goalscoring season and United still have five league games remaining, an FA Cup semi-final and the Europa League to continue. And Solskjaer explained the secret behind unlocking the attacker’s potential.

    “I think the team creating chances, Anthony working hard, being the number nine in a settled position, but also once in a while rotating with Marcus [Rashford] and switching positions,” Solskjaer said.

    “For his goal (against Bournemouth), he started off on the left and curled it into the top corner.”

  • Greenwood shines as Man Utd thrash Bournemouth

    Greenwood shines as Man Utd thrash Bournemouth

    Manchester United moved into the top four as Mason Greenwood struck a brilliant brace in a 5-2 victory over relegation-threatened Bournemouth.

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side went above Chelsea ahead of the Blues’ game against Watford with a win that extended their unbeaten run to 16 games in all competitions.

    They fell behind to Junior Stanislas’ opener, but led at the break through first-half efforts from Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.

    Joshua King’s penalty reduced the deficit, yet Greenwood’s second stunning strike was added to by Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick as United marched on.

  • Inter Milan ready to buy Man Utd flop for €20m

    Inter Milan ready to buy Man Utd flop for €20m

    Inter are considering turning Alexis Sanchez’s loan switch from Manchester United into a permanent move as they look at securing a €20 million (£18m/$22m) cut-price deal.

    According to Goal, the Chile international will stay with Antonio Conte’s side until the beginning of August, with a loan extension having been agreed to allow him to see out the remainder of the 2019-20 campaign in Italy’s top flight.

    Sanchez was due to return to Old Trafford on June 30 and although an agreement has been reached to prolong his stay at San Siro, he will not be allowed to feature in the Europa League mini-knockout tournament, should Inter advance.