Here are your Saturday evening Manchester United headlines.
Sabitzer stance
Manchester United will keep their options open with Marcel Sabitzer after his loan move officially ended but a permanent deal remains unlikely.
Sabitzer and fellow loanee, Wout Weghorst had their profiles removed from the United website overnight as they are no longer contracted to the club.
United have decided against explicit farewells to both players to allow for the remote possibility of a permanent move but sources admit it is unlikely either will return.
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Sabitzer missed the last five games of the season with a knee injury and the Manchester Evening News wrote in May United do not plan to buy Weghorst after he scored two goals in 31 appearances.
Laird joins Birmingham
Manchester United received £750,000 plus add-ons for right-back Ethan Laird from Birmingham.
United have also inserted a sell-on percentage into Laird's contract.
Laird, 21, had spent the last two seasons on loan at Championship clubs Swansea, Bournemouth and Queens Park Rangers.
The academy graduate made his United debut against Astana in the Europa League group stage in November 2019 and his only other appearance was against AZ Alkmaar two weeks later.
