Manchester United could use more quality on the flanks, and the 28-year-old would be an excellent addition. However, they have Matheus Cunha playing in a similar role. The Brazilian will have to be moved centrally in order to accommodate the Japanese International. Mitoma will not want to sit on the bench. He will only join a club where he is a regular starter.
Brighton & Hove Albion's second game in Manchester in a matter of days takes them to Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup. Only Arsenal have won the FA Cup more times than Manchester United, the 2023-24 winners under former head coach Erik ten Hag. Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information on how to watch Manchester United vs Brighton online, on TV, and from anywhere.
They are condemned to a 40-game season, the fewest they have played since 1914-15. The world's oldest person, 116-year-old Ethel Caterham, was five at the time, so even she probably doesn't remember it. After a two-game trip to Asia at the end of last season to plug a financial hole, now the mooted mid-season trip to Saudi Arabia has to become more likely.
Manchester United's hunt for trophies is over inside the second week of January after a ruthless Brighton took advantage of yet another loose defensive performance. This FA Cup third-round knockout means the 13-times winners have been dumped from the competition and the League Cup at the first opportunity for a first time since 1981-82. By the end of May United's season will stand at a total of 40 games their lowest number in a complete campaign since 1914-15.
Fletcher, taking charge of his first ever game as a senior manager, fielded a 4-2-3-1 formation, going completely against Amorim's previous 3-4-2-1 that the Portuguese was wedded to. He started Senne Lammens in net, although deputy Altay Bayindir could get a look-in for this game. Diogo Dalot and Luke Shaw were at full-back, with natural left wing-back Patrick Dorgu in a more advanced position off the left flank.
I can tell you in the last 24 hours that the message coming from Barcelona, coming directly from the club, is that in communications they had with Marcus Rashford's camp, so agents, family of the player, is that they already told Rashford they would love to continue with him beyond this season, Romano said.
Finding a long-term successor to Roy Keane before he left under a cloud back in 2005 was tricky, with the expensively-acquired Juan Sebastian Veron failing to make an impression. Michael Carrick earned plenty of respect in the deep-lying role, but was a very different kind of player. Owen Hargreaves was excellent for a brief time, but injuries curtailed his career at Old Trafford.
They started slowly at Burnley, settling into a 4-2-3-1 formation that suits them and pretty much every other team far better than Ruben Amorim's 3-4-2-1 before, midway through the first half, they started to play. The deployment of Bruno Fernandes close to the opposition goal, along with a wide player, Patrick Dorgu, playing on his natural side, meant Benjamin Sesko was, for the first time, provided with decent service.
"What happens in these job interviews? I'm intrigued. Why do they keep giving certain people a job? What happens in the interview that they sit there and go, and 12, 14 months later, 'He's not the guy for us'. "Do you not suss that out when you speak to them? You look somebody in the eye and go... You see who's making the decisions at Manchester United. You still have Ferguson and David Gill hanging on like a bad smell."
Oliver Glasner has shown a penchant for one-liners, as well a 3-4-2-1 formation, since he took over at Crystal Palace almost two years ago. The Austrian declared he was not David Copperfield in his first press conference and usually has a saying for whatever situation Palace are in, such as declaring they must not be one-hit wonders after winning the FA Cup.
It has been a dramatic week even by United's standards: the rapid breakdown in relations between Ruben Amorim and club bosses, a fiery Friday meeting with director of football Jason Wilcox, two incendiary news conferences, and another sacking. It's a club that can sometimes feel more like a soap opera with only a sprinkling of actual football. The latest episode had a new leading man -- caretaker boss Darren Fletcher -- and more twists and turns.
According to Fichajes, citing journalist Diego Firmino, it could be that Palmeiras will come in with an offer for Casemiro amid doubts over his Man Utd future. The report suggests the veteran Brazil international could be offered a two-year deal by Palmeiras, though it remains to be seen if he'll definitely return to the Brazilian league. Casemiro might well end up having tempting offers from elsewhere, with Saudi Pro League clubs perhaps also realistic as potential destinations for him,
The FT was one of the first to have a subscription business model, because we could see that advertising alone could be very volatile depending on the economy, and so we needed to look at subscription models, but also how we could have direct relationships with our customers. And so that was really where I started. And so when I was approached by Manchester United, the question wasn't do you know sport?
United then saw two efforts cleared off the line either side of a disallowed goal prior to half-time, before finally finding their equaliser five minutes after the restart as Benjamin Sesko ended his recent scoring drought by rifling home following a sumptuous Bruno Fernandes through ball. Sesko put his side in front 10 minutes later with another fine first-time finish, but Fletcher's men were promptly pegged back by a lovely curling effort from Clarets substitute Jaidon Anthony.
The Women's Super League is back after the winter break, with the league table poised nicely ahead of the second half of the season. Manchester City sit six points clear at the summit, taking full advantage of Chelsea's slight slip-up during their incredible winning streak. Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham are still in the mix for the Champions League places, with the former pair kicking off the weekend with a blockbuster clash that could shake things up at the top.
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