Matip remains a doubt for Sunday's game and if he does miss out, it will be Liverpool's fourth in a row with no senior centre-backs available. They welcome United to Anfield having gone three Premier League games without a win for the first time since May 2018. Their stuttering form ha...
"Leny Yoro is quite raw but seen as a player with a lot of potential. He's among a number of centre-backs that Manchester United are looking at. "The one that we have been talking about of course is the Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, wh...
The 18-year-old is among a number of young centre-backs United are looking at. Centre-back is thought to be a priority position, with Raphael Varane leaving as a free agent at the end of the month. Victor Lindelof is also attracting interest from Turkish club Fenerbahce. Man U...
But you also know what full-backs are feeling because they are running up and down. It’s good to get a feel of what other players are feeling and it’s a good experience.” In terms of your journey at United, how old were you when you signed and what’s it been like playing ...
With the double-pivot midfield dropping deep, centre-backsSebastian Coates, Goncalo Inacio, and the converted left-back Matheus Reis look to play forward passes into the feet of the double pivot. They then look to turn and find the attackers between the lines. If they can’t turn, the midf...
Centre-backs Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe are still unavailable so youth-team product Teden Mengi is continuing to take part in first-team training. "Phil Jones is still out," Ole told us on Friday morning during his exclusive pre-match interview. "Axel is not 100 per cent back with us...
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and nowadays when we evaluate pressure events, centre backs often rank low. Lastly, in the Champions League final, midfielders came to the fore again with Jens Jeremies and Stefan Effenberg patrolling midfield for Bayern, while Jancker did plenty of work up front, United, with significant posses...
It is notable that both Spurs and Brighton found joy against Man Utd by splitting their centre-backs wide in order to build their attacks on the outside of United’s forward line, as the width of their "average position" graphics show: ...
Both teams have some high quality centre-backs but injuries and suspensions respectively to Varane and Laporte make this slightly less complicated. But one player whose place was never in doubt was Dias who has already turned into a leader at City since arriving for £60million...