What Manchester United coaches make of Teden Mengi's breakthrough

straight to your inboxManchester United fans believe that Fred should not leave the club under any circumstances this summer.The Brazilian has bounced back after a difficult first year at Old Trafford to become a crucial first-team player under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but has found game time limited following the return of Paul Pogba.And with Donny van de Beek set to add even more competition in midfield, Fred has been heavily linked with a summer exit with Galatasaray believed to be interested in

Lionel Messi in the Premier League. The Argentina forward has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club this summer and is yet to report for pre-season.Messi is trying to leave the Nou Camp for free although La Liga have supported Barcelona's case that any departure would have to be triggered by paying his £630million release clause.Manchester City are the favourites amongst most bookmakers to sign Messi and reunite with Pep Guardiola.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have told Hannibal Mejbri to keep working hard following his goal for the U23 side against Huddersfield at the weekend.Mejbri, 17, joined United last summer from Monaco and is widely regarded as one of the most promising youngsters in the club's academy.United's development sides were forced out of action as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which put an end to the Premier League 2 season.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans expect the club to be beaten to the signing of Ajax playmaker Donny van de Beek this summer.United supporters are still awaiting their first signing of the summer having watched rivals Manchester City and Chelsea invest heavily in their playing squad in the current transfer window.Back in June, Edwin van der Sar confirmed United were one of the many teams interested in signing Van de Beek.Van de Beek was left out of Ajax's squad for their pre-season

straight to your inboxHow do you replace arguably the greatest player that has ever lived?That is the question that Barcelona could face this summer after Lionel Messi dropped the bombshell of the year by announcing his desire to leave the club following their humiliating end to their league season.Some United supporters dared to dream about Messi ending up at Old Trafford, but MEN Sports understand such a deal is implausible despite repeated links from all over the world.

Manchester City are the most likely Premier League destination for Messi, who played under Pep Guardiola for four years between 2008 and 2012, with a deal to take him to Manchester United implausible. Neville still doubts Messi will actually leave Barcelona this summer but thinks a transfer to City will be the outcome if he decides to move to England.

straight to your inboxLionel Messi's tenuous links with Manchester United were inevitable as soon as he handed in his transfer request at Barcelona.United remain one of the most powerful clubs in world football and when the very best players become available it will naturally pique the interest of the Old Trafford high-ups.It almost goes without saying, but United are quite obviously admirers of Messi.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans would rather see the club sign Jadon Sancho than Lionel Messi this summer.The biggest transfer in recent football history could be on the cards this summer after Messi shocked the world by informing Barcelona that he wants to leave the club on Tuesday.Messi's decision came just 11 days after Barca's embarrassing exit from the Champions League after they were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich and it has sparked speculation that he could make an unlikely

straight to your inboxManchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to withdraw from the France squad for the upcoming Nations League fixtures.Reports in France surfaced over Thursday lunchtime that Pogba had been left out of Didier Deschamps’ squad for the matches against Sweden and Croatia, with the France boss explaining the 27-year-old had tested positive for coronavirus.United confirmed what Deschamps told reporters in a statement: “Paul has been

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have urged the club to make a move for Cristiano Ronaldo if Lionel Messi ends up joining rivals Manchester City this summer.The Barcelona superstar handed in a transfer request on Tuesday and aims to leave the club on a free transfer thanks to a clause in his contract.

straight to your inboxManchester United have opened talks with Lionel Messi's representatives over a switch to Old Trafford - according to reports in Spain.The Argentine superstar dropped a bombshell on Tuesday by submitting a transfer request to Barcelona and wants to exercise a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave the club for free.Barcelona believe that clause expired in June but Messi believes it was automatically moved after the 2019/20 campaign was extended into August as a

Messi has officially told Barcelona that he wishes to leave the club.“Announce Messi” immediately started trending on Twitter, as fans from pretty much every club in the world started getting their hopes up.But while we’d all like to see arguably the greatest player of all time play for the team we support, the cold hard finances of it all mean that it’s not going to happen for most of us.Only the richest of the rich, the one per cent of the one per cent can realistically afford Messi.

straight to your inboxManchester City are the odds-on favourite to be Lionel Messi's next club.The bombshell dropped on Tuesday night that Messi has told Barcelona that he wants to leave the club after 16 glorious years.The announcement comes just 11 days following Barca's humiliating 8-2 demolition at the hands of Bayern Munich to send them crashing out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage and amid growing frustrations with the club's board and president Josep Maria Bartomeu.It's

straight to your inboxThe signing of Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho remains Manchester United's number one priority for the summer window, but the club have so far been frustrated in their pursuit of the England international.United’s interest in the 20-year-old is long-standing, but negotiations between Dortmund and the Reds over a transfer of the winger have reached an impasse.Dortmund set an initial deadline of August 10 for any deal to take place but that was missed and not taken

straight to your inbox Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick admits Kingsley Coman might have finally turned a corner in his career amid interest from Manchester United. The 24-year-old wrote himself into the history books on Sunday night as he scored a brilliant header to win the Champions League final for Bayern against Paris Saint-Germain.

straight to your inboxManchester United supporters have told the club to continue their pursuit of Jadon Sancho despite the deal appearing to hit a standstill.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is aiming to add more quality to his attacking ranks this summer to turn his promising side into Premier League title challengers, with Sancho his number one target.United are long-term admirers of the rapid winger and have twice failed to sign him in the past - in 2017 when he left Manchester City and in 2019 - but

straight to your inboxThe advantage of having a young squad is that the players have plenty of potential improvement to be tapped into alongside the natural progression that comes with experience.At Manchester United that is exactly what they will be hoping to achieve through work at Carrington as much as games at Old Trafford.

straight to your inbox Lyon forward Moussa Dembele is not ruling out a move in the summer transfer window following interest from Manchester United last year. The 24-year-old forward was looked at by United in 2019 as they drew up a shortlist of options to replace Romelu Lukaku which also included Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have demanded the club make some new signings to deal with the early fixture congestion after the 2020/21 Premier League fixtures were announced.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are due to begin the new Premier League season with an away trip to face Burnley at Turf Moor, although the match is set to be postponed, before welcoming Crystal Palace to Old Trafford and finishing the opening month with an away trip to Brighton.