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have announced the appointment of Jason Wilcox as the club’s new technical director. United confirmed in a statement that Wilcox will begin work “with immediate effect”, adding that “he will work with all technical areas of the football department to achieve the highest standards of performance”. Advertisement Wilcox will report to the sporting director, who will have overall responsibility for football performance, recruitment and operations. United have said that an appointment will be confirm…

This is the final season of the current format with the competition changing significantly from 2024-25. At a meeting in Vienna in 2022, the UEFA Executive Committee signed off on a new format. There had been two years of intense debate over how it would work and followed several years of politicking between Europe’s biggest sides. Advertisement Now it will be implemented from the start of the 2024-25 season, with more teams taking part and more games. The continent’s biggest sides have been fi…

executive co-chairmen Avram and Joel Glazer attended Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final victory over , the first United game the two brothers have been to since Sir Jim Ratcliffe completed his acquisition of a minority stake in the club. Ratcliffe also attended the game at Wembley on Sunday. The British billionaire missed kick-off after taking part in the London marathon but made it for the second-half. Advertisement Jason Wilcox, United’s new technical director, was also in attendance after . United co…

Erik ten Hag believes criticism of the manner of ’s progress to the FA Cup final is “embarrassing” and labelled some comments aimed at his team “a disgrace”. United defeated Championship side in a penalty shootout following a 3-3 draw, in which Ten Hag’s side squandered a three-goal lead in the final 20 minutes. Advertisement Goals from , and had appeared to put United on course for a comfortable victory but , and a stoppage-time penalty forced extra-time, with Viktor Torp’s 120th-minute go…

A 44-year-old man has been charged with tragedy chanting after a person was filmed during ’s game with on Saturday. A man in the away section of the stadium was filmed appearing to mock the Munich air disaster during the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and the video was widely circulated on social media on Saturday night. Advertisement A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: “We can confirm that we have charged Nathan Rawlinson (25/08/1979) of Bacup, Lancashire with Section 5 of the…

winger says he will prove his worth and silence his critics after scoring his first goal of the season on Saturday. United paid £86million ($108m) to sign the Brazilian from Ajax in August 2022 following Erik ten Hag’s insistence that he wanted his former player to join. Advertisement “It (the transfer fee) doesn’t really impact me because I know my worth, the money is the money and obviously everyone speaks about it but no one would if the performances of everyone and myself were at the top,”…

will be covering Dan Ashworth’s legal costs if he takes to arbitration. Ashworth was placed on gardening leave by Newcastle in February after informing the north-east club he wished to explore the opportunity, with The Athletic revealing that the 53-year-old would take his current club to arbitration . Advertisement He was then placed on gardening leave as the two clubs negotiated a compensation package, with Newcastle seeking as much as £20million. Manchester United were unwilling to meet that…

and have begun talks regarding the possibility of a new loan deal for . Greenwood joined Getafe on a season-long loan on the final day of last summer’s transfer window and the club are keen to extend the 22-year-old’s stay. The forward has made 32 appearances in all competitions so far this season, scoring 10 goals and providing six assists. Advertisement Getafe — who negotiated a 20 per cent sell-on fee as part of their original deal with United — are pleased with Greenwood’s impact since arr…

is expected to miss the remainder of the season after being ruled out for around three weeks with a muscle injury sustained in training. The international, 31, has a chance of returning for the final against and is expected to fully recover in time for this summer’s , which begins in Germany on June 14. Advertisement He is set to miss ’s final four matches of the Premier League season against , , and . United conclude the season with the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 25, facing rivals City…

stand to receive an additional windfall if Jadon Sancho wins the with . which will be held at Wembley on June 1, after and will play either Bayern Munich or . Advertisement Sancho joined Dortmund on loan in January having been The deal, which was brokered by Matt Hargreaves, United’s director of football negotiations, was valued at a minimum of €3.5million as Dortmund are contributing to Sancho’s salary. United also stood to receive bonus payments of up to €4m based on the number of appearance…