Man Utd face Maguire ban threat, pre-season list emerges
United reportedly have an initial summer signing lined up with four further additions targeted to bolster European ambitions.
United target Tonali faces Real Madrid and Man City interest. Barcelona miss €30m Rashford option deadline. United lead race for Charlie Cresswell. Ugarte draws suitors. Onana wage rise complicates sale.
United plan July-August friendlies: Wrexham, Rosenborg, Atletico Madrid, PSG, Leeds at Croke Park, and AC Milan, across Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and Poland, ahead of the 2026-27 season.
CIES ranks academy sale profits over 10 years: Chelsea £386m, Man City £353m, Aston Villa £265m, Man United £237m. Garnacho to Chelsea is United’s biggest at 17%. United are 19th worldwide.
Keeper Senne Lammens is tipped to become ‘one of the world’s best’ at United if his development continues on current trajectory.
Casemiro hails Kobbie Mainoo as ‘one of the best No.8s’. Mainoo was sidelined by Ruben Amorim but has started every game under Michael Carrick, earning an England recall and scoring in the FA Cup final.
United value goalkeeper Radek Vitek at £10m after a strong Bristol City loan. The 22-year-old wants to avoid a No 2 role, with Onana, Lammens, Bayindir and Heaton crowding United’s keeper ranks.
Michael Carrick says Patrick Dorgu is out for a period, timeline TBC. Updates on Benjamin Sesko and Lisandro Martinez are awaited as United near the Premier League return.
Maguire is charged by the FA over his reaction to a Bournemouth red card. He will miss Leeds due to suspension, and an extended ban could also rule him out of Chelsea away in the top-four race.
Opinion urges United’s INEOS to sell an underperforming midfielder dubbed ‘Van de Beek 2.0’, noting he has been outscored by Casemiro.
