Here is your Monday morning Manchester United digest on September 27.
Time to let Sancho loose
It may not be too early to call Manchester United’s midweek clash against Villarreal a must win given how tough the group is.
United got off to a losing start against Young Boys and cannot afford to be chasing the pack two games in.
Revenge for last season’s Europa League final will be fresh on everyone’s mind and there’s one player who can help get that done.
Unleashing summer signing Jadon Sancho on the Yellow Submarines could be the way to do that and hopefully be the launchpad for his United.
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Watzke's soul hurts
With that being said, Sancho’s start at United has been less than ideal.
Only completing 90 minutes once, a 1-0 defeat to West Ham in the Carabao Cup, it’s been clear the £73.9million man has had a slow start to his Old Trafford career.
Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has had his say on the situation.
“It hurts my soul that he is given so little consideration."
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Reds have Fernandes' back
The relationship the United players have was on full display following the Aston Villa loss.
Bruno Fernandes’ last-minute penalty miss completed a miserable week for the Red Devils and the talisman took to social media to apologise for what happened.
Leaping to his defence were a number of teammates including Cristiano Ronaldo, who responded with a fist bump emoji.
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