Tag: Manchester United

3 players who cost Manchester United the most against Twente
25Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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3 players who cost Manchester United the most against Twente

Manchester United suffered a disappointing result in their Europa League opener, drawing Dutch side Twente 1-1, with veteran Christian Eriksen giving and taking away with a goal and a crucial error in the match. But Eriksen actually wasn't the main player who cost Manchester United snagging all three points against Twente, even if his awful loss of possession was a key moment in Sam Lammers' goal for the underdogs. On that very play, center back Harry Maguire was nutmegged, and unlike Eriksen, he wasn't having a good game aside from an error. Maguire has been poor throughout his tenure at Manchester United, and it has become impossible to justify starting him. Maguire didn't seem like he was even at Twente's level, barely making interventions and showing no real progression with h...
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The player Manchester United see as a future superstar
25Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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The player Manchester United see as a future superstar

Although Manchester United were highly disappointing in the Premier League last season, finishing in eighth, the Red Devils have high hopes for the future with a sea of talented young players in their first-team squad. From new signing Joshua Zirkzee, Rasmus Hojlund, and phenom Alejandro Garnacho in the attack to Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte in midifeld, Manchester United are loaded with players who could be among the Premier League's best for the next decade if all goes well. Where Manchester United really got stronger this summer, though, was in the back four, as Man United came out of the 2023/24 season with serious deficiencies at the center back position due to an aging group of defenders surrounding centerpiece man Lisandro Martinez. So Man United went out and nabbed Matt...
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Erik ten Hag is convinced one of Man United’s biggest disappointments will become an asset
20Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Erik ten Hag is convinced one of Man United’s biggest disappointments will become an asset

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces more pressure than any other coach in the Premier League after finishing just eighth in the league last season, which was the club's worst finish of the current era. Ten Hag, however, saved his job with new ownership group INEOS coming in, as he helped Manchester United defeat crosstown rivals Manchester City to win the FA Cup and thus qualify for the Europa League. So far in the 2024/25 season, Man United have offered mixed results, as they stand 10th in the table. Ten Hag has to like that new signings like Noussair Mazraoui and young talents like Amad Diallo are stepping up, but Man United are going to need more help from their veteran players. Speaking at the press conference ahead of the match against Crystal Palace, Erik ten Hag sp...
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The latest update on when Leny Yoro is returning from injury for Manchester United
20Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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The latest update on when Leny Yoro is returning from injury for Manchester United

Manchester United opened up their checkbook and spent 60 million euros to sign the most coveted young center back in world football this summer in former Lille star Leny Yoro. Wanted by Real Madrid and chief scout Juni Calafat, who views Yoro as a generational talent, Yoro represents a new era of spending and ambition at Manchester United under the INEOS banner. Unfortunately, Man United have yet to watch the 18-year-old talent go to work at Old Trafford in the Premier League or Champions League, because he suffered an ankle injury on July 29 before the season even started and has been out since. According to a report from the Muppetiers, Manchester United doesn't want to make the mistake of rushing players back too soon again, so Leny Yoro isn't expected to return until around or...
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Manchester United still want €40M-rated CM despite rough start to season
19Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Manchester United still want €40M-rated CM despite rough start to season

Manchester United signed one of the best midfielders available in the summer 2024 transfer window, bringing in their top target Manuel Ugarte from PSG to replace a rapidly declining Casemiro. Therefore, on paper, Manchester United have one of the best midfields in the Premier League with the young duo of Ugarte and Kobbie Mainoo forming the base behind star playmaker Bruno Fernandes, who is a near-guarantee for 10 assists a season. But Manchester United could use more depth behind those two deeper midfielders. Before finally securing Ugarte, Man United were seriously kicking around the idea of signing Atalanta's rising star Ederson, especially after he shut down a previously undefeated Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Final. According to a report from TNT Sports in Brazil, Ma...
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Ranking the best Premier League defenses: Liverpool dominate again, Man Utd rebounding
19Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Ranking the best Premier League defenses: Liverpool dominate again, Man Utd rebounding

It's very early in the 2024/25 Premier League season, but let's try a fun exercise and rank the best defenses in the league, solely based on current statistical performance this season. I will award five points awarded to the team ranked first in the category and one point given to a team ranked in fifth. Expected goals allowed, shots on target allowed, and combined tackles and interceptions are the three metrics used to rank the sides. The points were doubled for expected goals allowed to weigh its greater importance. 5. Manchester United Manchester United added two new starters to their back line this summer in former Bayern Munich and Ajax players Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui at center and right back, respectively. Both players have paid huge dividends to Manchester...
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Amad Diallo leads Manchester United in three important stats
17Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Amad Diallo leads Manchester United in three important stats

The solution on the right wing for Manchester United in the Premier League hasn't been 100 million euro flop Antony bouncing back or even Jadon Sancho, who joined Chelsea on a loan deal that will almost certainly become permanent at the end of the 2024/25 season. No, young forward Amad Diallo has burst out as the key man in the Manchester United attack, and the stats show that he is the main attacking threat right now, above Marcus Rashford or even new signing Joshua Zirkzee. Diallo, just 22, looks like a future star at Old Trafford. No player on Manchester United has created more chances than Diallo's highly impressive 10, even though he's only made three starts. Furthermore, Diallo is first in progressive carries with 23, which is almost double that of Man United's best current ...
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Manchester United will have three key starters available against Barnsley
16Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Manchester United will have three key starters available against Barnsley

Manchester United will face Barnsley on Tuesday night in the EFL Cup, and they enter this fixture with a myriad of injury concerns. Although Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount are still unavailable as they work their way back from injuries, per manager Erik ten Hag, the Dutch coach gave more positive updates regarding three key starters in the back four. Center backs Lisandro Martinez and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as starting right back Noussair Mazraoui, will all be available against Barnsley after questions about recent injuries. Martinez suffered an injury in the 77th minute of the win over the weekend against Southampton, but he won't have to miss any action. Mazraoui was also taken off in the 74th minute, but there are no concerns with this other former Ajax star either. As fo...
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Manchester United get encouraging Mason Mount injury news
16Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Manchester United get encouraging Mason Mount injury news

Manchester United paid 55 million pounds in order to sign Chelsea star Mason Mount in the summer 2023 transfer window, but they have yet to receive a return on investment in the England international due to injuries. Mount has been out since the second match of the 2024/25 Premier League season with a hamstring injury, suffered around 46 minutes into the match against Brighton. This injury comes after Mount missed well over 20 games in his first season at Old Trafford, mostly with a calf injury, leading Manchester United fans to worry if Mount was already a flop. The good news is that the talented playmaker can return to the lineup to prove his point soon, as the Manchester Evening News reports that Mason Mount has returned to Manchester United's first-team training and could retu...
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Noussair Mazraoui has been exactly what Manchester United wanted
14Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Noussair Mazraoui has been exactly what Manchester United wanted

This past summer, Manchester United wanted to sign a new right back as part of a concerted effort to rebuild their squad in INEOS' first season in charge as the new owners. Most of their summer upgrades focused on upgrading the center back position, but Manchester United were able to bring in another former Ajax defender from Bayern Munich in Noussair Mazraoui for just 15 million euros. Signed for less than what Aaron Wan-Bissaka was sold for to West Ham, Mazraoui was a bargain transfer for Manchester United, though he has been overshadowed by AWB's sudden resurgence in London. But for anyone trying to knock Man United for signing Mazraoui and letting Wan-Bissaka go, those in the know at Old Trafford will be more than happy with their decision. Mazraoui's early returns for Man ...
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