The Manchester United Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Ipswich Town come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Manchester United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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
A move Shumaira Mheuka 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. Shumaira Mheuka is living that version at Manchester United, and it tends to show in the first month.
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
One of our own: Benjamin Brown joins the Manchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Brown is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester United promote Edward Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Edward Moore 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.
In brief
- Market Manchester United promote Simon Morgan from within
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Somebody is after Benjamin Šeško’s shirt
- Squad Shea Lacey knocks on the manager's door