The Manchester United Chronicle
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
Mateo Retegui falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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
Manchester United promote Anthony Howard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Howard 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
Manchester United promote Jack Kelly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Kelly 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
One of our own: John Henderson joins the Manchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Henderson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Manchester United promote Simon Dixon from within
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Mateo Retegui still has not settled
- Squad Shea Lacey knocks on the manager's door