The Manchester United Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester United get their man
The chase for Yehor Yarmoliuk ended with $36.3M changing hands and Brentford out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Yehor Yarmoliuk would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Yehor Yarmoliuk is living that version at Manchester United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marcus Rashford in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Manchester United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Manchester United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Fernandes is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Manchester United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Bell steps up from the Manchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Bell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester United promote Henry Matthews from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Matthews has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Daniel Miller steps up from the Manchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Miller has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 102782. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Squad Bruno Fernandes has company in his position
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Yehor Yarmoliuk
- Boardroom The Manchester United board spend on the team