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Manchester United expects to make up to a further 200 jobs redundant as part of cost-cutting measures after five straight years of losses, the club said Monday. United made around 250 roles redundant in a first wave of savings last year after British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe paid $1.3 billion for an initial 25% stake in the club and assumed control of its soccer operations. Now, as part of what United called a transformation plan," the club anticipates that approximately 150-200 jobs may be made redundant, subject to a consultation process with employees. We have a responsibility to put Manchester United in the strongest position to win across our men's, women's and academy teams, United chief executive Omar Berrada said. We are initiating a wide-ranging series of measures which will transform and renew the club. Unfortunately, this means announcing further potential redundancies and we deeply regret the impact on those affected colleagues. However, these hard choices are necessar
Manchester United forward Amad Diallo has sustained an ankle injury that will rule him out for a number of weeks, the club said Sunday. Diallo picked up the injury during training this week. Extremely disappointed to be writing this message in such a crucial time of the season, he posted on X. Unfortunately, I will be out for some time with an injury. I will come back stronger than ever!!" Diallo has been one of United's best players in a troubled season for the 20-time Premier League champion. He has scored nine goals including a late winner against Manchester City in December and an equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in January. His injury leaves United coach Ruben Amorim short of attacking options after Marcus Rashford and Antony were loaned out in the January transfer window.
Thousands of Manchester United fans gathered at Old Trafford on Tuesday to pay tribute to Denis Law ahead of the club great's funeral. Law, the only Scottish player to win the Ballon d'Or, died last month at the age of 84. Alex Ferguson and Ruben Amorim, the past and present managers of United, were among those expected to attend the funeral at Manchester Cathedral. Before that, a cortege was starting at Old Trafford and fans lined the concourse at United's stadium to pay their respects to Law, who played 404 games for United and scored 237 times a goal total bettered by only Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney. To a backdrop of applause, the procession went around the stadium and stopped briefly at the Trinity Statue that commemorates Law, Charlton and George Best, the three-pronged strike force which led United to English league titles in 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup in 1968 a first for an English club. The lead car in the cortege had a Scottish flag in its rear window. Flags
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim let Marcus Rashford leave the club because he couldn't convince the forward to follow his methods. I couldn't put Marcus to see the way you're supposed to play football and to train the way I see it, Amorim said in quotes published late Thursday. The 27-year-old Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan the day before Europe's winter transfer window closed, having not played for United since mid-December. He could make his debut for Villa on Sunday on an FA Cup match against Tottenham. Sometimes you have one player that is really good with one coach, and the same player with another coach is different, Amorim said. I just wish the best to Rashford and to (Villa manager) Unai Emery, and they can connect because he's a very good player. Asked whether Rashford said that he did not agree with Amorim's ideas about soccer, Amorim said: You know, like me, that it's not the way that occurs. It's something that you feel as a coach and as a player. It's qui
Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez is set for another long spell out of action after Manchester United confirmed he has a cruciate ligament injury on Thursday. Martinez was in tears last Sunday when he was carried off on a stretcher in the 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the Premier League after landing awkwardly attempting to tackle Ismaila Sarr. United didn't say how long Martinez would be missing. "Assessment of the injury is ongoing to determine the appropriate course of treatment and the timescale for his rehabilitation," United said. United said the club wishes Martinez "strength for a successful recovery," adding: "We will be supporting him every step of the way." Martinez had an injury-hit campaign last season, including time out with knee ligament damage and a foot problem. Argentina's next games are World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in March. The Albiceleste are top of the standings for the South American zone, five points clear of Uruguay.
It has been almost two months since Marcus Rashford was seen on a soccer field. In that time, his dedication to the game has been derided, his status as one of England's most cherished players has been damaged, and he has been ushered out of his boyhood club the team of his dreams in quite brutal fashion. It's time to discover if new surroundings can ignite his career. Fitness permitting, Rashford is expected to make his debut for Aston Villa on Sunday in an FA Cup fourth-round match against Tottenham, a week after completing his loan move from Manchester United. Who knows what shape Rashford is in, physically or mentally, after an unhappy last few months at United where its new coach, Ruben Amorim, accused the striker of not putting in the requisite effort in practice. Amorim even suggested he would rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach than someone who didn't train hard, clearly referring to Rashford. That comment surely marked the end for Rashford at United, at least
Ruben Amorim says he would rather have Manchester United's goalkeeper coach in his squad than Marcus Rashford after appearing to question the 27-year-old's commitment to the club. Out-of-favor Rashford has not played for his hometown club since Dec. 12 and seems firmly out in the cold under the United manager after again not making the squad for the 1-0 win at Fulham in the Premier League. Amorim went as far as saying that 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital is more likely to gain minutes than the England forward. It's always the same reason (why Rashford is not playing), Amorim said Sunday on the eve of his 40th birthday. The reason is the training, what I think a footballer should do in training, in life and every day. If things don't change, I will not change. It's the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum and the right things then we can use every player. Today on the bench we missed a bit of pace to change the game but I prefer it like this, I will put (
Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus was carried off on a stretcher during the first half of the FA Cup match against Manchester United on Sunday. The Brazilian was hurt while attempting to tackle Bruno Fernandes as the United captain prepared to take a shot. Jesus immediately signaled to the bench that he was in pain and had his jersey over his head as he was taken off the field in the 40th minute, to be replaced by Raheem Sterling. The precise nature of the injury wasn't immediately clear.
Tottenham endured the humiliation of being taken to extra time by Tamworth, an opponent nearly 100 places lower in English soccer's pyramid, before winning 3-0 and avoiding one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history. Defending champion Manchester United also advanced from the third round by beating Arsenal 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw. Joshua Zirkzee converted the clinching penalty for United, which played from the 61st minute with 10 men following Diogo Dalot's sending-off. Four days after beating Premier League leader Liverpool 1-0 in the English League Cup semifinals, Tottenham's team of established internationals toiled against a group of part-time soccer players whose main jobs included bricklaying, selling zippers and being a financial advisor. A massive surprise was on when fifth-tier Tamworth forced extra time with the score 0-0, only for the hosts to concede an own-goal in the 101st minute and then strikes by Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson to disappoint