Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Tuesday, 22 September.
Dortmund reaffirm Sancho stance
Borussia Dortmund have once again insisted that Jado Sancho will not leave the club for Manchester United during the current transfer window.
Sancho remains United’s top target but negotiations have stalled, with United refusing to meet Dortmund’s £108million asking price.
Sancho notched his first assist of the season on Saturday as Dortmund eased past Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga.
“Jadon has trained well and professionally,” Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl told Ruhr Nachrichten .
“He is happy to play football. Yes, someday he might leave for a new challenge but right now he is happy at Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Dortmund is happy to have him.
"He is here - and he will stay here. It was an important statement from the club because we have a certain responsibility. Without Jadon, this team is worse."
We need four or five games - Solskajer
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes his players need four or five games before they regain their match fitness and return to their best form.
United fell to a surprise 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace in their first Premier League game of the season following a shortened pre-season.
The Reds, who only managed to fit in one pre-season friendly against Aston Villa, return to action on Tuesday night against Luton Town in the Carabao Cup.
"We need four or five games to get up to the standard we know we’re capable of," said Solskjaer.
"We haven’t had an opportunity to get those games in and we have to make sure, in these games, we get the minutes and make the players ready to start competing in the league again.
"Brighton away is going to be a very tough one so we’ll use this one [at Luton], we want to get through, but it’s also minutes for a few."
Fans return pushed back
Plans for fans to return to sporting stadiums have been pushed back, a government minister confirmed on Tuesday.
Fans were expected to be allowed back into limited-capacity football grounds from October 1 although a rise in coronavirus cases have forced the government to pause such plans.
It means that United fans must continue to watch their team from home in the short-term at least.
“It was the case that we were looking at a staged programme of more people returning,” cabinet office minister Michael Gove told BBC News.
“It wasn’t the case that we’d have stadiums thronged with fans. We’re looking for the moment at how we can pause that programme.
“What we do want to do is ensure that, as and when circumstances allow, we get more people back because the virus is less likely to spread outdoors than indoors.”
