Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Wednesday, March 23.
United fans send message to Glazers over Old Trafford redevelopment and share scheme
Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST) have told club chiefs they expect an acceptable proposal over a planned fan share scheme to be forthcoming within weeks.
The trust contacted members on Tuesday to issue an update on the scheme, which was put forward by co-chairman Joel Glazer last summer as he vowed to improve communication with fans after the European Super League (ESL) debacle. There had been initial hopes that the scheme would be introduced by the start of the season, but as the campaign now draws to a close MUST have told the club they want a resolution imminently, having been unhappy with what has been proposed so far.
In reporting to members, MUST said they hadn't received a proposal that is "sufficiently acceptable to us to allow it to go to the next stage." The update comes as MUST released their annual United Voice survey, which canvassed the opinions of almost 20,000 supporters.
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In part, the statement said: "We've not sent an update on the fan share scheme for a while quite simply because there has been nothing new to add."
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United have been given another reminder of their £50m transfer mistake
When United signed Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the summer of 2019 they liked to boast that they had whittled down a database of 804 right-backs before making Crystal Palace’s player of the year their first choice.
It told us United’s computers had sizeable memory, but little else about recruitment, given Wan-Bissaka was the player they were linked with throughout that transfer window and always looked the most obvious solution. Nearly three years on, with Wan-Bissaka having lost his place in the United team to another unconvincing right-back, it would be interesting to know who the other 803 right-backs on that list were, although it feels like most of them have been selected by England since.
Eight hundred and fourth is roughly where Wan-Bissaka features on Gareth Southgate’s list of potential right-backs. The summer of 2019 was the height of the "cultural reset" that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ed Woodward had decided United needed and apparently Wan-Bissaka fit the bill nicely.
"He has the right work ethic, talent and mentality to play for Manchester United and he fits exactly the type of player that we are looking to bring into the squad to help us improve and push on further,” said Solskjaer.
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