The Manchester United Chronicle
Squad13 Aug 2035
Tempers go at Manchester United
Bryan Mbeumo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market13 Aug 2035
Jeffrey Baffoh hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Manchester United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Aug 2035
Joseph Mitchell is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market13 Aug 2035
Only the photograph left for Daniel Moore
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Daniel Moore will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Manchester United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market13 Aug 2035
As if he never left: Jacob Henderson returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Jacob Henderson is a Manchester United player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market13 Aug 2035
Edward Simmons is a Manchester United player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom13 Aug 2035
Manchester United move for the manager
The approach has been made to BATE and the answer is somebody else's to give. These things are settled in private and reported in public, usually in that order.
Boardroom13 Aug 2035
Still nobody in the Manchester United dugout
12 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Loan watch13 Aug 2035
Oliver Hunter counts the days
“I watch every Manchester United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Swindon Town runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Chido Obi
- Squad Home is on Jeffrey Baffoh's mind
- Boardroom Manchester United keep producing them