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ANT FEARS

Anthony Martial limped off the pitch during France’s latest win raising injury fears for Manchester United.

The forward was forced off during France’s World Cup qualifying win against Kazakhstan.

The injury is a blow for United with a crucial run of fixtures coming up including their Europa League tie against Granada.

MESMERISING MARTIAL

Check out a Pogba-Martial-Dembele combination for France against Kazakhstan today.

DYB-ING WAR

Manchester United and City are among SIX clubs set to be offered Paulo Dybala as part of a sensational summer swap deal, according to reports.

Juventus have long been keen to move on the Argentine international, 26, with the forward close to a move to Old Trafford in the summer of 2019.

ATLETICO SET LLORENTE PRICE

Atletico Madrid have reportedly set an asking price for Man Utd target Marcos Llorente.

The Spanish winger will set the Red Devils back a whopping £103million, according to Marca.

Man Utd fans – would you splash out on Llorente?

‘PENALDO AND PERNANDES’

Jose Enrique has jokingly ripped into former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo and current Red Devil Bruno Fernandes.

The post came after Diogo Jota was confirmed to be injured following his two goals for Portugal against Serbia on Saturday night.

Enrique ribbed Ronaldo and Fernandes for what he deemed to be Jota ‘carrying’ the team.

Check it out below.

DALOT DEAL

Manchester United and AC Milan have opened talks over the permanent transfer of Diogo Dalot.

The 22-year-old is currently on-loan at the Serie A club from Old Trafford and has appeared 24 times this term.

Now The Metro claims Milan have tabled a £12million offer to try to sign the Portuguese defender permanently.

Dalot is happy in Italy and is believed he would be open to extending his stay there.

However, Milan – like most teams across Europe – are struggling to splash huge sums on players, resulting in their bid being short of the £19m United handed over to Porto in the summer of 2018.

He is on around £40,000-a-week, well within the wage structure Milan can afford with other team members on a lot more than him.

VAN DE BEEK HELPS NETHERLANDS TO WIN

Donny van de Beek helped Netherlands to a 2-0 win over Latvia last night.

SHAW THING

Gareth Southgate has been praising Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw ahead of England’s game against Albania this evening.

The Three Lions coach said: “He’s been very good. Luke played in the first Under-21 game I took charge of.

“There’s never been any doubt in our mind about Luke’s quality.

“It’s been great to see him playing on the front foot as a full-back, with his defending and he’s been really ambitious with his attacking.

“He looks like he’s in good condition to drive forward, he’s got excellent quality with the ball, it’s a good moment for him.

“He’s aggressive against his wingers, he’s difficult to play against one-vs-one, he’s getting better with his cover defending for his centre-backs.

“He’s got to find the level he’s shown at his club and play his game.”

UNITED DUO

Manchester United duo Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba are both starting for France against Kazakhstan today.

TWO YEARS ON

MAGUIRE PRAISES RASHFORD

Harry Maguire has praised Marcus Rashford for accepting his England call-up despite being injured prior to the international break.

The Man Utd man will play no part in the World Cup qualifiers and Maguire has now given a bit of insight into the thinking behind Rashford accepting the call-up from Southgate.

He said: “It’s a bit strange with everything that’s going on, with the pandemic.

“That shows a lot from Marcus, it was a little reminder of the way we work, the principles we’ve got.

“It’s really important to show the group is together and Marcus has come even though he probably knew in his mind he wasn’t going to be fit, it shows the spirit between the players.”

SEVEN CLUBS FOR KANE

Check out our piece on Harry Kane and the seven clubs he could move to this summer.

We look at the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid or even an outside shout of Chelsea? Really?!

MAN UTD UPCOMING FIXTURES

• April 4: Brighton (H), Premier League
• April 8: Granada (A), Europa League
• April 11: Tottenham (A), Premier League
• April 15: Granada (H), Europa League
• April 18: Burnley (H), Premier League — date TBC

GILLESPIE ON MAN UTD

Former Man Utd player Kevin Gillespie has spoken about why he feels the club should go after Erling Haaland.

He told Football Fancast: “City are so far ahead at the minute, get Haaland, he’s the hottest property probably in world football at the minute, his stats are incredible.

“He’s a natural finisher, he’s young as well, and he’s going to come into that Man City team and score a lot of goals because of the players he’d have around him, so I think it’s important that United compete with Man City should he become available.

“I think he will become available with whatever clause he has in his contract but I suppose money talks and whatever’s offered, Dortmund might cash in.

“Certainly, they need to be showing that they are interested in a player like him, and obviously there’s been talk about Haaland before with Man United, that he is one that is on their radar.”

CALLING ON KANE

Man Utd fans’ ears would have pricked up following Harry Kane’s quotes today.

Can we imagine the England talisman at Old Trafford? Would be very bizarre seeing him in that shirt.

YOR THE ONE

Dwight Yorke has revealed he was Sir Alex Ferguson’s first-choice striker when he arrived at Manchester United in 1998.

The Premier League winner played up front with Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during his time at Old Trafford.

The 49-year-old recalled a private conversation with Ferguson in an interview with TalkSPORT.

Yorke revealed: “He said ‘We want you here at the football club, we’ve watched you a few times, we know how good you are, you just need a platform to excel’.

“I knew that I was coming up against some excellent players, like Teddy, Ole and Coley.

“I wondered where I was going to be playing in this team. So he said, ‘I want you as my No 9’.

“I said, ‘What about all the rest of them?’ And he said, ‘You are my number one’. That was enough. That was all I needed to hear from him.”

BIG DECISION

Here’s a question then United fans. Mbappe, Haaland or Kane?

Don’t think it’s a stretch to say you’d have any of them. But who would be your preferred option?

OPENING THE DOOR?

Harry Kane may well have just opened the door to a possible transfer this summer.

Here is what the Spurs striker – who has been linked to Man Utd – said about the speculation over his future.

He told Sky Sports: “I think that’s a hard question to answer right now (whether the speculation will impact his performances for England).

“It’s important that all my focus is on the two England games coming up now and the rest of the season with Spurs and then the Euros. To be thinking about speculation or rumours would be damaging in terms of my own performance.

“I always like to be focused on one goal and one job and that’s to finish strong with Spurs, win these qualifiers with England and hopefully go on and have a great Euros. Look, I try to stay out of that speculation as much as possible.

“I’m fully focused on doing the job on the pitch from now until the end of the summer, and then we’ll see where we go from there.”

ERL OF MADRID

Man Utd target Erling Haaland is being lined up as an option for Real Madrid, according to The Mirror.

The Spanish giants are looking to sell a number of players this summer in order to bring in either Haaland or Kylian Mbappe.

Man Utd have been linked with Haaland for a very long time, but could be set to miss out as a number of European superpowers look to secure his signature.

SARR INSTEAD OF SANCHO

So Manchester United fans, what do you make of the fact that Watford’s Ismaila Sarr could replace Jadon Sancho as the club’s target this summer.

A major step down? Or a financially shrewd move?

GOOD MORNING RED DEVILS FANS

Jesse Lingard has admitted he watched old videos of him in action to help rediscover his form and end his Old Trafford woes.

Manchester United have reportedly been told to match Marco Llorente’s £103million release clause if they want to sign the Atletico Madrid midfielder.

Edinson Cavani has been urged to quit United by the Uruguay assistant coach and play where he is comfortable.

Anthony Joshua paid a visit to see Manchester United legend David Beckham at Inter Miami.

United’s kit has reportedly been leaked online sparking mixed opinions from fans.

Man United Women celebrated hosting their first match at Old Trafford by defeating West Ham 2-0.

Former Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Canizares has hit out at Gary Neville for ‘treating the opportunity to coach them as a joke’.

JESSE WATCH IT

Jesse Lingard admits he dug out recordings of his old games to help him through his Old Trafford nightmare.

The midfielder acknowledges he went through a tough time before securing a January loan switch from Manchester United to West Ham.

Lingard said: “There was a time in lockdown when I just looked back at some old England games, and games that I played well in for United, just to get the fire in my belly again.

“Since coming here I’ve had targets written down on a board and until I hit them, I won’t be fulfilled.”

YOR THE ONE

Dwight Yorke has revealed he was Sir Alex Ferguson’s first-choice striker when he arrived at Manchester United in 1998.

The Premier League winner played up front with Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during his time at the club.

Recalling a conversation with Ferguson, Yorke told talkSPORT: “He said, ‘We want you here at the football club, we’ve watched you a few times, we know how good you are, you just need a platform to excel’.

“I knew that I was coming up against some excellent players, like Teddy, Ole and Coley.

“I wondered where I was going to be playing in this team. So he said, ‘I want you as my No. 9’.

“I said, ‘What about all the rest of them?’ And he said, ‘You are my number one’. That was enough.”

Where does Yorke rank in your memories of United’s strikers under Ferguson?

POPE BLESSING

Dean Henderson will not play England’s two World Cup qualifiers this week.

England boss Gareth Southgate has confirmed Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope will start against Albania and Poland.

Pope started against San Marino but hardly touched the ball against the minnows.

And Southgate has chosen to keep Pope in the side for his side’s next two matches.

ALL GRAVEY

Ajax talent Ryan Gravenberch is a ‘better version of Paul Pogba’, according to the teenager’s former coach.

The 18-year-old joined Ajax’s academy in 2010 and became the club’s youngest Eredivisie player aged 16 years and 130 days.

Brian Tevreden, who promoted him to Ajax U15s at the age of 12, told Goal: “Physically, I see Frank [Rijkaard] in him from back in the day because he’s tall and very strong.

“But technically, I would say he’s a better version of Pogba in his best days at Juventus, in terms of his technique and his presence on the pitch.

“He’s very dominant like Pogba was, and that’s what I see in Ryan.”