Here’s a full news story on that Fred business:
And on a similar theme, Arsenal and England’s Jordan Nobbs is out for the season with an ACL injury, and will miss next year’s World Cup.
News from Bournemouth this morning is that Lewis Cook has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, and could be out for the season.
Jose Mourinho has stated that despite being the manager’s sole marquee summer signing Fred will struggle for selection until Manchester United are “defensively stronger”.
The Brazilian cost £50m yet has been dropped by the manager, the midfielder not in the 18-man squad for Wednesday night’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford. He has also been an unused replacement in five of the last seven games.
United’s goal difference is -1, having allowed 25 goals and scored 24 and Mourinho cited this. “The day we are stronger defensively I think the horizons for Fred change,” he said.
Of his progress since signing, the manager said: “Step by step, you have also other players in other clubs that needed their time and you have some of them that played even less than what Fred is playing.”
The Guardian’s countdown of the world’s top 100 women’s footballers has ended this morning with the announcement of our No1. Can you guess who it is? It’s quite a difficult task, but it could be harder…
Here’s a snippet from Jose Mourinho this morning, talking about the visit of Fulham to Old Trafford tomorrow:
I want to be positive and think that we are going to win, but if we don’t give credit to the people that deserve credit. The game is not going to be 11 against 0, it’s going to be 11 v 11, good players on the other side. The points, sometimes they don’t say much about the real potential of the team. And one of the two most important managers in the history of the Premier League, in my opinion, so they have the potential to come here tomorrow and give us a very difficult match.
Get yourself up to date with all the latest tittle-tattle with today’s Rumour Mill, featuring news of Frenkie de Jong’s possible future PSG switch:
Today’s Sun front page is dedicated to a story about a “boozy bash enjoyed by about a dozen [Arsenal] players, and 70 girls, in London in August — just days before the start of the season”, in which “Alexandre Lacazette, Matteo Guendouzi, Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang [were] at the heart of a dangerous binge on nitrous oxide”.
Here is our news story:
In response, an Arsenal spokesman said this morning that “the players will be spoken to about this and reminded of their responsibilities as representatives of the club”.
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And so another weekend is upon us, cram-packed as ever with finger-lickin’ football fixtures, with the added bonus bite of a Copa Libertadores final in Madrid on Sunday. A day of press-conferential fun and team-newscasting joy awaits but to get the ball rolling, here are 10 things to look forward to this weekend:
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