New Manchester United head coach Eva Olid has called on her squad to play courageously and adopt an attack-focused approach this season. The Spanish coach will oversee her first Women’s Super League match on Friday, when United visit London City Lionesses in the opening fixture of the season (19:00 BST). Olid joined the club from […]
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Ebbsfleet United have been cleared to begin their campaign on Saturday following the National League’s decision to end the club’s suspension. The Kent side’s opening six National League South fixtures were postponed while it worked to resolve continuing financial difficulties. Those problems had prompted His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to file a winding-up petition […]
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Amass finds himself in an unusual situation. The 19-year-old, a natural left-back developed in United’s academy, performed well while on loan at Sheffield Wednesday last season before suffering an injury shortly after joining Norwich during the winter transfer window. He later caught the eye in pre-season while providing cover for Shaw. Despite those encouraging displays, […]
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Manchester United are nearing an agreement to recruit Mexico international Rebeca Bernal from Washington Spirit. The 29-year-old is capable of playing in central defence or midfield and would be the first Mexican footballer to appear in the Women’s Super League. Bernal moved to the Spirit from CF Monterrey in February 2025 and has since made […]
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The opening chant of the game celebrated Marcus Rashford, Manchester United’s returning homegrown star after 18 months away, first in the Midlands and later in Catalonia. Supporters have always embraced academy graduates who progress from hopeful youngsters to players capable of lifting a crowd of 76,000. Rashford represents that journey, and although the Old Trafford […]
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After collecting both leading player-of-the-year honours, Bruno Fernandes marked Manchester United’s first home fixture with a hat-trick, underlining his determination to maintain last season’s outstanding form. Ipswich Town threatened Michael Carrick’s team through the speed of Julio Enciso, Issa Diop and Daizen Maeda, and victory appeared possible when Leif Davis put the visitors ahead in […]
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Kjell Scherpen: Produced an outstanding stop to keep out Dalot and made a vital intervention to prevent Mbeumo from scoring easily. Could do little about the equalising goal. 8 Dara O’Shea: Delivered a strong defensive performance and handled his duties effectively before Fernandes began to dictate proceedings. 6 Issa Diop: Was frequently forced into emergency […]
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The sons of a police officer who died in a road collision on Teesside will serve as mascots and lead Manchester United onto the pitch for Sunday’s Premier League fixture against Ipswich at Old Trafford. PC Matthew Blades, whom United described as a “proud Red”, regularly attended matches at Old Trafford. The club will honour […]
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Michael Carrick has dismissed claims that Manchester United’s opening-day loss at Hull proved the entire team was in disarray, describing that conclusion as “easy and lazy”. United produced a lacklustre performance in the 2-0 defeat. Carrick was subsequently asked whether captain Bruno Fernandes and Belgium skipper Youri Tielemans had provided enough leadership to influence the […]
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Manchester United have completed the signing of Swedish winger Monica Jusu Bah from BK Hacken for a fee believed to be slightly below £400,000. The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract and is United’s third arrival ahead of Thursday’s Women’s Super League transfer deadline. Jusu Bah’s deal with BK Hacken had been due to run […]
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