BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 11

'90% is a fat ZERO'; 'a summer clearout - AGAIN'; 'BRUNO THE BIG TEASE'; previous parts below...

PARTS: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN

cover: Paradisio Publishing

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through the days

late summer

autumn

winter

spring

the ingot coloured afternoons and eves

of May

this:

this

is

Manchester United

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De aap komt uit de mouw

(Dutch proverb: the monkey comes out the sleeve)

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PART 11

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page 117

90% is 0%

90% is 0%

for this is

what ‘some players’ give

and this is not enough

and this is what i tell them

tell the media -

i am described as ‘fuming’

i am;

2-0 up - again - to Tottenham

and we end 2-2

switch off

switch back

to the season before i arrived and i will not have

this.

i never will.

Jadon scores a beaut

Marcus is ruthless

goal No 29.

we are

not - ruthless.

as summer begins to encroach

i know who will be in the XI

who needs more work on the coaching pitch in the sun-touched months to come;

or discarding

forever from man utd.

forever gone from this club is a long time.

a long time…

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page 118

THE GUARDIAN

Sancho, Martial and Maguire under threat in Manchester United clearout

Fri 21 Apr 2023 12.00 BST

Erik ten Hag will oversee a summer clearout of senior Manchester United players, with Jadon Sancho, Anthony Martial, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelöf, Scott McTominay and Fred heading a list of at least 15 whose futures are under threat.

The manager will do so to generate finance to reinvest in the squad and enhance its baseline standard. The 3-0 debacle at Sevilla that eliminated United 5-2 on aggregate from the Europa League has concentrated Ten Hag’s assessment of his squad.

Other players he is considering allowing to leave include Donny van de Beek, Anthony Elanga, Dean Henderson and Brandon Williams. Alex Telles, Hannibal Mejbri and Eric Bailly, out on loan, are almost certain to depart and the out-of-contract Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe are definitely leaving.

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