The Manchester United Chronicle
Match8 Dec 2027
Manchester United through in the cup
A 3‑0 win over Sheffield United, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Steven Green out for 19 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Manchester United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Hannibal scores twice — 8.11
Two goals and a mark of 8.11 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market13 Dec 2027
Marcus Rashford raises the bar for Manchester United
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Manchester United heard it as anything else.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Marcus Rashford beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Real improvement from Nestory Irankunda at Manchester United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nestory Irankunda is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
Andrey Santos has seen enough of Tottenham
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Manchester United, and 5 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
The terraces13 Dec 2027
The crowd has taken to Nestory Irankunda
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market13 Dec 2027
Stephen Atkinson steps up from the Manchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Atkinson 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Charles Clarke joins the Manchester United first team
- Market Manchester United promote Joshua Simmons from within
- Match Manchester United get the job done against West Ham United