The Manchester United Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Victor Osimhen moves on
Paris Saint-Germain pay $164.9M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Supporters turn on the $164.9M sale of Victor Osimhen
He is going to Paris Saint-Germain, the club has $164.9M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Kobbie Mainoo
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A new deal for James Collins
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad23 Aug 2027
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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Manchester United
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Manchester United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Kostantis Tzolakis has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Market23 Aug 2027
Manchester United promote Liam Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Bell 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 Richard Martin steps up from the Manchester United academy
- Market Manchester United promote Peter Graham from within
- Match Brighton snatch it back from Manchester United