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Man Utd transfer news LIVE: £34m Joshua Zirkzee ‘advanced interest’, Prem fixtures CONFIRMED, Valencia in for Greenwood

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Mainoo’s Rice praise

Kobbie Mainoo has waxed lyrical about playing alongside Declan Rice for England at Euro 2024.

The Manchester United youngster has claimed Rice was “worth every penny” of the £105m price tag that Arsenal pent on him last summer.

He’s such a good player, so reliable & dominant in midfield.

It’s always a joy to have someone so strong on the ball next to you and you can always trust him on the pitch.

He’s worth every penny & he’s proved that.

Kobbie MainooEngland press conference

Zirkzee interest

Manchester United are reportedly interest in signing Joshua Zirkzee to provide competition for Rasmus Hojlund.

The Red Devils are said to be keen on the Netherlands striker alongside interest in Ivan Toney and Jonathon David.

But The Athletic claim their interest in Zirkzee is firmer.

They will face competition for the Bologna star’s signature with AC Milan also said to be interested.

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Ten Hag believes Martial ‘did not fancy’ playing

Striker Anthony Martial was one player he regularly had to excuse due to injury, but privately, he felt the player simply did not fancy it.

A source close to Ten Hag said: “He would never call out the players publicly.

“But he did feel that the pressure and criticism they got during the season affected a number of them leading to injuries feeling worse than they were.

“The constant stream of negativity got to everyone, bar himself it seemed.”

It is an issue Ten Hag is determined to address, having been confirmed as United’s manager for next season.

The club were searching for a new manager while conducting a review of the season following United’s FA Cup triumph over Manchester City.

They ended up sticking with Ten Hag and want him to sign a new three-year contract.

The manager has yet to commit to that after feeling he was messed around by new part-shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is now in charge of football operations at the club.

Ten Hag believes Man Utd pressure added to injury list

Erik ten Hag believes the pressure of playing for Manchester United left some of his stars in the treatment room.

The Red Devils suffered an unprecedented number of injuries as they finished eighth in the Premier League, their lowest-ever placing.

The Old Trafford boss felt some players simply could not take the scrutiny and criticism that came with wearing the Manchester United shirt as results suffered.

The result was that any knocks subconsciously felt worse to an individual, who then ruled himself out of a game.

Ten Hag would defend his players during the season as injuries mounted up.

But without revealing what the problem was, he always said that he knew.

His views had echoes of former boss Ole Solskjaer who on looking back at his tenure felt there were too many ‘snowflakes’ at the club.

United had an unprecedented 64 cases of injury or sickness to players last season.

Ten Hag was forced to field 30 different back four combinations.

However, while there were 11 players missing for the penultimate away trip of the season to Crystal Palace, only three of those reported injured for the FA Cup Final.

Mainoo ready to put friendships aside

Kobbie Mainoo has said he is ready to put his friendships with Man Utd teammates Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlung when England take on Denmark on Thursday.

Speaking ahead of the clash, he said: “They’re both great teammates. Me and Rasmus are quite young so we’re close.

“Christian I’ve learnt a lot from. I watched him last season and I was trying to pick things up from him.

“The journey he’s been on since the last Euros has been amazing. He’s such a good player. But if I’m to play on Thursday I’ll put that aside and compete with them.”

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Mainoo ‘grateful’ to Ten Hag

Kobbie Mainoo has said he is “grateful” to Erik ten Hag for the faith he showed in him.

Mainoo said: “I am so grateful for Erik ten Hag, I can’t thank him enough.

“He’s already got two trophies, hopefully there are more to come.”

“It is nice to have that peace of mind, we know what manager we are going back to in the new season.”

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