The Manchester United Chronicle
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth tell Manchester United: Alex Scott is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Fábio Carvalho at that price
Manchester United offered $21.5M; Brentford said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market17 Aug 2026
Terms done: Shea Lacey is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Oldham Athletic waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Manchester United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Manchester United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matheus Cunha was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Marshall steps up from the Manchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Marshall 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
One of our own: Jason Cook joins the Manchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Cook 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
One of our own: Benjamin Collins joins the Manchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Collins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Manchester United sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 102782 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Manchester United
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Manchester United
- Squad Andres Pineda remains an outsider