Here are your Manchester United Friday morning headlines on Friday, September 24.
Early team news
Manchester United will welcome Aston Villa to Old Trafford for Saturday’s early kick-off in the Premier League.
On the back of the midweek defeat to West Ham in the Carabao Cup, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to make wholesale changes once again after doing the same for the cup fixture.
There are some big players who did not feature in the cup loss but who are still unlikely to be available this weekend as they continue to recover from injury.
Find out the team news here.
Ole on Van de Beek and Sancho
Two players who featured against the Hammers were Donny van de Beek and Jadon Sancho.
The duo have failed to set the world alight since joining the club, though Sancho has barely settled in after his summer arrival from Borussia Dortmund.
Van de Beek and Sancho put in positive performances at home even if the result didn’t go the way they had hoped.
Here’s what the manager had to say.
Raphael Varane or Ben White?
Since his arrival to English football, Raphael Varane has looked every bit the player United thought they would get when they signed him from Real Madrid.
Paying £40million seemed like a bargain for a player who is in his prime and has a World Cup and four Champions League winners medals to name just a few of the trophies he has a won.
Meanwhile, in London, Arsenal splashed the cash on Ben White for £50m from Brighton.
Ex-Gunners defender William Gallas cannot understand how or why his former club paid what they did for a player 'yet to prove himself'.
Read the full story here.
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