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Even with many of our young players away experiencing international football over the last week, the Academy has enjoyed a busy period, welcoming graduates back as part of a new, innovative scheme and sending out current talents on our unique Pro Experience Programme.   Here’s everything you need to know from the last seven days…

Bruno Fernandes’s indefatigable nature on a football pitch has long been established.   The Manchester United captain loves playing the game and will cover every blade of grass in a bid to help his team when the final whistle is blown.   Witness his injury-time winner at Fulham recently, which provided further evidence of his…

Manchester United Women were been beaten at Old Trafford by Manchester City on Sunday, in front of a crowd of 43,615 – a record home attendance for our women’s team.   Reds skipper Katie Zelem opened the scoring in the first half of the Barclays Women’s Super League fixture, slotting home a spot-kick after Alex…

Manchester United’s lack of goals this season is there for all to see with United the lowest scorers among the top 12 teams in the Premier League. It was a recurring problem in manager Erik ten Hag’s first season as well and despite the addition of Rasmus Hojlund, not much has improved. The young Dane…

Both teams are looking to win the competition for the first time, with the Reds aiming to build on the thumping 7-0 win over Liverpool’s Merseyside neighbours Everton in our first Group B match earlier this month.   Marc Skinner’s side – who are fourth in the Women’s Super League – will be hoping to…

Liverpool signed Virgil van Dijk in 2018 and he has turned out to be one of the greatest signings in football history.   That may sound hyperbolic. But if you compare Liverpool’s progress in the last five years against Manchester United‘s in the same period, it’s clear to see the difference he made. Th Red Devils could have signed…

Marc Skinner provided an emphatic response this morning when asked about Manchester United Women’s derby loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford. While conducting his customary press conference ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Liverpool in the Continental Tyres League Cup, Skinner explained how he and the players have digested the pain of Sunday’s defeat and…

Telling a tale which will not lead to any revisionism over Ed Woodward’s time in charge at Manchester United, a man who spent eight years at Old Trafford between 2014 and 2022 has opened up on a plan which could have seen two of Europe’s rising stars end up in England. Marcel Bout, speaking to…

According to Football Insider, the Senegal-born central defender is one of the hottest properties in French football and is firmly on the radar of several Premier League clubs. The 21-year-old is also believed to be attracting attention from European giants AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund. United last dealt with Le Harve in 2009 – under…