Alan Shearer flags up main Manchester United concern as Rory McIlroy makes takeover claim
Manchester United have a quick turnaround for their Champions League showdown with FC Copenhagen after a narrow win over Sheffield United in the Premier League.
Goals from Scott McTominay - his third in two games - and Diogo Dalot settled the scores for United on their trip to Bramall Lane on Saturday night. Erik ten Hag and his players will have only 72 hours to recuperate before taking on Danish opponents at Old Trafford on Tuesday night (8pm).
That's a fixture that will see summer signing Rasmus Hojlund meet his boyhood club. Here are your latest morning headlines on Monday, October 23.
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Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer says United's misfiring forwards need to start chipping in with goals if the Reds are to make it into the top-four this season.
United secured a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United on Saturday night to record back-to-back Premier League wins. Ten Hag's side went in front through in-form McTominay.
The Scotland international went from hero to zero shortly after when he was adjudged to have handled a Blades cross in the area. Oli McBurnie fired home the resulting penalty, before full-back Dalot grabbed three points in the closing stages with a 25-yard-drive.
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Rory McIlroy reckons he would consider the possibility of investing in United. Sir Jim Ratcliffe looks set to buy an initial 25 per cent stake in the club and could be joined by the four-time major-winning golfer.
Ratcliffe appears to have won the takeover race after Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim withdrew an offer to purchase the club a week ago. The British billionaire is expected to take control over all sporting
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