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April 17, 2020

MANCHESTER UNITED are eagerly preparing for the return of club football when the coronavirus begins to subside.

And Harry Kane is said to be keen on a move, while La Liga have given the Red Devils a welcome boost in their pursuit of Atletico Madrid's Saul Niguez.

Get all the latest news and gossip from Old Trafford here…

SA-HA-HA
Ex-United striker Louis Saha dropped a clanger LIVE on Sky this morning when said he knew how to “p*** off” Gary Neville.
The Frenchman joined the Football Show via video link where Neville and fellow pundit Jamie Carragher found his gaffe hilarious.
Saha, 41, and Neville, 45, played alongside each other at Old Trafford between 2004 and 2008.
And the chaos started when Neville asked: “Why is it you used to turn up for all team meetings 15 seconds before the exact time to wind me up?”
A laughing Saha replied: “Ah I knew that I could p*** you off so maybe I was doing it on purpose.”
Host Kelly Cates attempted to deliver an apology but was drowned out by Carragher and Neville who were in hysterics.
As the laughter continued, Neville interrupted and still giggling said: “Louis, lockdown language is ok, don't worry about it, nobody cares anymore, we've lost all our rules.”
KROO BLOW
David Moyes has named Toni Kroos failure as his biggest Manchester United transfer regret despite also missing out on Gareth Bale and Cesc Fabregas.
The Scot replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 but lasted less than a year at Old Trafford despite being given a six-year contract.
Speaking to beIN Sports, Moyes revealed the Red Devils were being heavily linked with the likes of Gareth Bale and Cesc Fabregas during his time in charge.
But the Scot has admitted the most disappointing moment was when Toni Kroos slipped through the net in 2014.
Moyes said: “Toni Kroos would certainly be the one,
“At that time we were very much after Gareth Bale and Cesc Fabregas.
“But I’ve got to say prior to that, at Everton, we were really close to a lot of good players. We just couldn’t quite get them over the line on several occasions.”
PREM-ICTIONS
Man Utd claimed the last Champions League spot in a new data driven simulation of the 2019/20 Premier League season.
United beat Wolves to fifth by just five points while Tottenham also snuck ahead of bitter rivals Arsenal to finish eighth.
The project undertaken by FiveThirtyEight sees previous team data collated to simulate the remaining games of the season and produce a final Premier League table for the campaign currently suspended because of coronavirus.
With Manchester City, who retained second spot, currently banned from next season's Champions League, a fifth place finish for their bitter rivals United would be enough to claim a place in European club football's most prestigious tournament.
Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool took up the remaining qualification places with the latter unsurprisingly hanging on to claim the title.
Further down the table, in North London, Spurs' 55 points was enough to beat Arsenal, on 53, to eighth place and claim a Europa League spot.
HAAVE TO SIGN HIM
Real Madrid are set to beat Manchester United to Erling Haaland transfer after Martin Odegaard talked up Spanish club to his Norwegian pal.
The 19-year-old prodigy is one of the hottest properties in Europe and was in scintillating form before the season was KO’d by the coronavirus crisis.
According to Spanish outlet AS, Real Madrid are in pole position to sign the Dortmund starlet should they wish to act in the summer.
Haaland's Norway teammate Martin Odegaard – who is on loan at Real Sociedad from Madrid – has reportedly sweet talked the youngster off the pitch in a bid to tempt him to switch to Los Blancos.
And Real are said to be boosted by the excellent relationship between Dortmund chief, Hans-Joaquim Watzke and Bernabeu president Florentino Perez.
Haaland's agent, Mino Raiola has made it clear that he wants to bring one of his clients to the Bernabeu this summer given his long standing admiration for the Spanish giants.
PREM TIME
Prem clubs are sticking with the intention to play out the season to a finish.
The 20 teams met for their latest video conference this morning to discuss the coronavirus crisis.
No Premier League games have been played since Leicester’s win at Aston Villa on March 9, with 92 matches outstanding.
It had been expected some clubs would take the opportunity to suggest a June 30 deadline be set to bring more “certainty”.
But SunSport understands that during the meeting, which lasted just under two hours, that was in fact NOT raised at all.
Instead, clubs were shown potential scenarios for completing the campaign, depending on when the government gives the green light for a return.
Clubs face a potential £1billion-plus blackhole if the season is ended prematurely, with more than half of those losses shared between the “Big Six” who are the strongest advocates for playing out the season.

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