Man Utd news: Sir Jim Ratcliffe considers U-turn as Erik ten Hag handed double injury boost

Manchester United spell into their Premier League crippled against Crystal Palace connected the backmost of 2 consecutive wins - and person 2 cardinal players backmost successful contention aft injuries

Manchester United are preparing to look Crystal Palace successful the Premier League connected Saturday evening aft getting a assurance boost by thrashing Barnsley.

United enactment 7 past the League One broadside arsenic Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Christian Eriksen scored doubly astatine Old Trafford connected Tuesday night. The effect successful the Carabao Cup built connected the 3-0 triumph implicit Southampton and means United are successful a bully spot heading to Selhurst Park for Saturday’s 5.30pm kick-off.

Erik 10 Hag had been nether aggravated unit pursuing back-to-back defeats against Brighton and Liverpool and volition privation to proceed this streak. He knows amended than astir that chaos could beryllium conscionable astir the country astatine United, particularly since Sir Jim Ratcliffe took complaint successful February.

While the main absorption is connected Saturday’s match, determination is besides plentifulness of quality astir the aboriginal of Old Trafford, truthful let’s instrumentality a look astatine the latest headlines from Mirror Football.

Ratcliffe ponders U-turn

Manchester United’s proprietor is considering however champion to spell astir providing the club with a decent stadium for the future. Ratcliffe's penchant truthful acold has been to physique a caller 100,000-seater stadium connected onshore adjacent to Old Trafford, allowing the nine to hopefully determination into the caller crushed by 2030 – astatine a outgo of astir £2billion.

United would remain astatine Old Trafford during the build nether those circumstances. Once the caller stadium was built, Old Trafford could beryllium utilized arsenic a location for the academy and women’s sides.

However, the imaginable of the stadium being demolished is present precise overmuch connected the array with the club believing keeping a scaled backmost Old Trafford is unrealistic. Ratcliffe volition present see the fiscal ramifications and the views of the fans earlier making a decision.

United handed treble boost

Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount have returned to United training up of the travel to southbound London. Hojlund is yet to diagnostic this play owed to a hamstring injury, meaning a much salient relation for Joshua Zirkzee truthful far.

Mount hasn’t featured since the 2-1 decision by Brighton connected August 24, with a hamstring contented besides keeping him out. But the midfielder appears connected way for a speedy instrumentality to the squad aft being pictured successful grooming connected Thursday. The quality volition beryllium hugely invited to Ten Hag, who volition person greater contention for places successful the team.

Garner explains exit

Former United midfielder James Garner has explained wherefore helium near the club to articulation Everton successful a deal worthy £15million including add-ons past summer. He struggled for crippled clip nether Ten Hag earlier having a candid speech with the manager successful the summertime of 2023.

"My speech with him was easy,” helium said. “I asked him plain and elemental whether I was going to beryllium successful the squad oregon if helium saw maine playing a part. I felt the speech did not spell arsenic good arsenic I wanted and I made the determination to move."

He added: "Ten Hag is simply a precise approachable feline but is precise strict. He takes nary 1 bending the rules. He volition accidental it however it is and volition punish radical if they person done the incorrect things."

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