Here are the Manchester United morning headlines for Tuesday, May 12.
Cantona 'could have joined Liverpool'
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona could easily have signed for one of the team's great rivals.
That's according to Graeme Souness, who was Liverpool manager in 1991 - and says that then-France manager Michel Platini asked him to consider signing Cantona.
The incident came after Liverpool played Auxerre in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Anfield in November 1991 – when Platini asked to see Souness, against whom he had played in Italy during the 1980s.
Souness told Sky Sports: “He came in and said, ‘I've got a player for you, he's a real problem in France but he's really talented and he'd be perfect for your club.’
“I said, ‘Look, Michel, I'm fighting fires here at the moment, I'm trying to get some people out of the door that are resisting, I'm fighting a dressing room here. The last thing I need is another controversial figure.’
“Eric of course then came over on trial with Sheffield Wednesday, then signed for Leeds and the rest is history.”
Cantona moved to United from Leeds United in November 1992 for a fee of £1.2m.
Green light for Project Restart
The UK government has given the go-ahead to the Premier League's ‘Project Restart’ - meaning that matches could resume behind closed doors from June 1.
In a document intended to detail how the country is going to recover from its current restrictions, the government specified that from the start of next month it will be permitted to hold sporting events without a live audience.
It also says that matches can then be broadcast – meaning the risks of wide social contact are avoided, but fans can follow the games.
Neutral venues no-go
Every Premier League club opposes the use of neutral venues to complete the season, according to chief executive Richard Masters.
One proposal for completing the season had been to use a small amount of neutral stadia to play all of the remaining 92 matches - with no team having home advantage.
But Masters has now admitted it is not a popular idea.
“Just to reiterate that, I think everybody would prefer to play home and away if at all possible. And I think it's clear to see that some clubs feel more strongly about that than others,” he told the Mirror .
“It is an ongoing dialogue and obviously we've been talking to - since Covid-19 became an issue - we've been talking to the authorities about the conditions in which we could get the Premier League back up and running and taking all that advice on board.
“But it is an ongoing dialogue. There is not much I can say about that, other than we are in contact with the authorities and listening to that advice while also representing club views in those discussions.”
