Samuel Luckhurst

CHELSEA are open to selling Alejandro Garnacho in the summer. Garnacho has endured a difficult season at Stamford Bridge since his £40million transfer from Manchester United on deadline day in September. The 21-year-old winger has started in 21 of Chelsea’s 51 games, having made 77 starts in his final two campaigns with United. Garnacho has...

HARRY MAGUIRE will miss Manchester United’s trip to Chelsea after his Football Association charge for improper conduct was upheld. Maguire was charged by the FA with improper conduct following a run-in with fourth official Matt Donohue over his red card at Bournemouth on March 20. The United defender was shown a straight red for denying...

ODDS on a first league win at Old Trafford in 45 years for Leeds shortened the moment Manuel Ugarte appeared on the teamsheet. Ugarte has started ten times for Manchester United this season and they have won only one of them. There have been six defeats and three draws. Ugarte is United’s jinx and the...

MICHAEL CARRICK has suggested Manchester United could appeal Lisandro Martinez’s red card against Leeds. Martinez was dismissed for tugging Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair after the VAR John Brooks advised on-pitch referee Paul Tierney to review a replay. The straight red card for violent conduct would mean Martinez is unavailable for United’s games away to Chelsea and...

“UNITED ARE back,” the Leeds fans sarcastically crowed about their hosts. They could have referred to themselves. Leeds have an FA Cup semi-final for the first time since 1987 next week and have ended another drought that dated back to the Eighties: a league victory at Manchester United. Allan Clarke and Dave Sexton were in...

MICHAEL CARRICK was relaxing and watching from a beach in Barbados the last time Manchester United faced Leeds. Even he did not imagine he would soon get the call from his old club to take over at Old Trafford. It was at ex-boss Ruben Amorim’s post-match press conference after a 1-1 draw at Elland Road in January...

MANCHESTER UNITED will not necessarily “push” Lisandro Martinez into a return from injury against Leeds United. Centre back Martinez has not played since February 10 due to a calf problem but United are without the suspended Harry Maguire against Leeds on Monday night. Martinez travelled with the squad for their training camp to Ireland on...

HEARING Harry Maguire channel the spirit of Roy Keane was one of the more unexpected developments during Manchester United’s training camp in Ireland. On a snug sofa at Carton House in County Kildare, Maguire stressed United “need more players, we need better quality, we need players to come into the starting XI”. Twenty-five years ago,...

“DID YOU like that?” a gleeful Harry Maguire asked Jonathan Woodgate. Manchester United coach Woodgate was standing yards away when Maguire leathered the ball into a mini goal during a training drill. “Oh H! H!” boomed Woodgate. There is bound to be a natural kinship between two gifted Yorkshire-bred centre halves. That set the tone...

IT DID not get any lower for Harry Maguire than at Hampden Park. Sent on at half-time by Gareth Southgate with England 2-0 up against Scotland in September 2023, Maguire’s every touch was cheered. By Scotland fans. Only nine days earlier, Maguire copped similar treatment when he came on for Manchester United at Arsenal with...

HARRY MAGUIRE believes Manchester United can challenge for the title next season but need a bigger squad. Maguire, 33, signed a new one-year contract with the option of an additional year this week with United third in the Premier League table. United brought in Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Senne Lammens for £225.18million...

LISANDRO MARTINEZ is set to return for Manchester United against Leeds United next week. Martinez has not played since the 1-1 draw with West Ham on February 10 due to a calf injury but is with the United squad in Ireland for their training camp. Harry Maguire is suspended after he was sent off in...

MANCHESTER UNITED’s pre-season friendly with Leeds could be cancelled if the Yorkshire club are relegated or win the FA Cup. United and Leeds are due to face each other at Croke Park in Dublin on Wednesday, August 12. However, the Championship season begins on August 14. Leeds are 15th in the Premier League table and...

MANCHESTER UNITED players believe Michael Carrick is the “right man” to stay on as head coach next season, according to winger Amad. Carrick was appointed in mid-January on a contract for the rest of the season and United have won seven and lost one from his ten games in charge. United are third in the...

MANCHESTER UNITED's intention to tear up Harry Maguire's old contract three years ago paved the way for his new contract. Erik ten Hag's decision to strip Maguire of the captaincy in July 2023 seemed to signal the end for him and United accepted a £30million offer from West Ham.  Maguire ended United's pre-season tour by...