Tom Heaton

Goalkeeper - Manchester United
24 Nov 2026
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16 Edition

The Manchester United Chronicle

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Julio Soler says Manchester United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Manchester United

Vinícius Júnior and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Mason Mount out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Mason Mount, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Bruno Fernandes's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Market16 Nov 2026

Leny Yoro told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Leny Yoro has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Manchester United.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

When it matters, Amad plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Diogo Costa question follows Manchester United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Diogo Costa’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Mason Mount knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Manchester United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Tom Heaton goes back to face Burnley

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Tom Heaton’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Manchester United needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

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6 Edition

The Manchester United Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Amad puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Manchester United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Manchester United close the window on a squad of their own making

9 in and 13 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market7 Sep 2026

Vinícius Júnior wants more than Manchester United are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Vinícius Júnior 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Tom Heaton’s move to Tottenham falls through

The deal that would have taken Tom Heaton to Tottenham has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Manchester United with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Louie Bradbury is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Eyes on Andrey Santos again

The phone has started ringing about Andrey Santos again, and this time the name on the line is Stoke City. Manchester United are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Marcus Rashford slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Marcus Rashford is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Manchester United are still strangers to each other

12 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

5 Edition

The Manchester United Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market31 Aug 2026

Tyler Fletcher puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Manchester United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market31 Aug 2026

Manchester United say no — this time

The offer from Colchester United for Tyler Fletcher was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Manchester United

Vinícius Júnior 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A quiet fortnight at Manchester United

With 10 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.

Market31 Aug 2026

Tottenham watching Tom Heaton

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Manchester United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match29 Aug 2026

Manchester United see off Brighton

Three points for Manchester United, 1‑0 the final word against Brighton in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Jadon Sancho was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.09. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

A satisfied Samuel Wilson

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Samuel Wilson could afford to be generous.

Market31 Aug 2026

The Vinícius Júnior talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Manchester United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

4 Edition

The Manchester United Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market24 Aug 2026

Tom Heaton puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Manchester United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Manchester United — 7.68

1 for Youri Tielemans, marked 7.68, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Manchester United

Vinícius Júnior and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Diogo Costa

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match22 Aug 2026

Youri Tielemans’s goal not enough for Manchester United

Youri Tielemans scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Chelsea, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market24 Aug 2026

Andrey Santos wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No place for Miguel Lozano in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Manchester United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Samuel Wilson left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The first one for Youri Tielemans

Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Manchester United have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.

In brief