Man United receive Dougie Freedman response as club told who to appoint as manager

Manchester United will return to action when they take on Everton at Old Trafford in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.

Erik ten Hag's side will be looking to bounce back from a 3-1 defeat to rivals Manchester City in their bid to climb the league table and close the gap on the top four spots.

Six points separates United from Tottenham in fifth, but Ange Postecoglou's men have a tough match at Aston Villa on Sunday. Off the pitch, United have been very busy in recent days as their plans to build a new home was announced.

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With the club keen to appoint Dan Ashworth in an inaugural sporting director role, Crystal Palace's sporting director Dougie Freedman is also being eyed by Ineos to take over as the head of recruitment.

With that said, MEN Sport has taken a look at some of the latest United talking points doing the rounds over the last 24 hours.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner suggests he isn't too worried about Freedman's links to the Theatre of Dreams, insisting the pair will start planning next season's squad next week.

Glasner told Sky Sports: "It shows me what I was thinking – here [at Palace] there is a great sporting director and a great person. This is how I see Dougie after two weeks and a lot of talks with him. He knows all the players all over the world, he is a fantastic guy.

"He is a great person and a sporting director. We will start (planning next season’s squad) next week. The feeling that I have is we will plan the squad for next year together and we will work together for a long time."

According to the Guardian, Freedman is open to the idea of moving to United despite a strong