🗣️"I've thought a lot about why it went wrong [at Manchester United]. The first season I had to adapt and it didn't go well compared to my time at PSV. I lost a bit of confidence and I lost the confidence of van Gaal and his staff."
🗣️"It was hard for me. The following season I felt like I had more experience, but they changed the coach."
🗣️"José Mourinho came and I fought to get into the team but I think the idea of giving me a chance was never in his head. He never gave me an opportunity. Never."
🗣️"I went to his office but it changed nothing. It was a very difficult period, I felt that I was training well and the players themselves did not understand it."
🗣️"Pogba and Zlatan told me 'Why don't you ever play?'. For me that was the confirmation that I had no chance [at United], and I realised that I didn't want to be in a big club without playing."
🗣️"I realised that I had to start over and show everyone that I could be one of the best. I had a long contract and a good salary, but I did not feel comfortable. So I left and it was the best decision I could have made." [Memphis Depay via Elperiodico]
📝 It was a fortnight ago when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told Daniel James that, despite interest in him from a number of clubs, he would not be leaving Manchester United. [Athletic]
📌 The manager informed James that he was fully in his plans for the season. So although Solskjaer’s selection against Leeds United caused some surprise externally as a result of James’s starting role, internally it could have been predicted. [Athletic]
📌 Leicester City made a tentative enquiry this summer. Leicester have been active in the market and looked at whether Daniel James could be added to an impressive clutch of signings. [Athletic]
📌 Brendan Rodgers wanted a winger and although the preference is for a left-footer to play on the right, James has a versatility that appeals. He has also been monitored by Brighton & Hove Albion, whose manager Graham Potter worked with the winger. [Athletic]
📌 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer likes Daniel James for his attitude and application to the tactics. He is a different option thanks to his speed and is totally dependable from a manager’s perspective. [Athletic]
📌 A fee of £25 million has previously been suggested by people in the industry. For a player from the Championship who had one season of experience before moving to Manchester, there can be satisfaction at an upward trajectory. [Athletic]
📌 Daniel James is in contention to keep his place in the starting XI on Sunday against Southampton at St Mary’s, a venue where he struck a superb goal in his debut season, despite Jadon Sancho approaching the required match sharpness. [Athletic]
🗣 Solskjaer on Henderson: "I think the whole situation around Covid is still unknown and its's new for everyone, that's the scary bit, you hear people, less fit people than footballers have no symptoms and footballers get side-effects, it's a scary disease"
🗣 Solskjaer: "We need to be careful. Dean was tired after training, now he feels much better, he's passed the tests and he's training, building himself up again because he's lost a few weeks, he's working hard on the grass."
🗣 Solskjaer on Lingard's future: "I think Jesse's first priority is to get into our team, whenever your employer is Manchester United that's your first priority, it always is. We together can have great moments"
🗣 Solskjaer: "As a manager, with players and a squad, live I've got now, it's difficult to say this weekend you're not playing. I've got to leave players out of the starting XI and squad."
🗣 Solskjaer: "But they all have to remember they're gonna play a part if we're gonna be successful. Jesse's back to fitness played really well in behind-closed-doors game, come back in good shape, he's got a big part to play."
🗣 Solskjaer on Cavani: "Edinson's always looked after himself and is lacking in team training, football training, he had diff reasons to why he came late, there were some personal reasons and his body can tolerate a lot"
🗣 Solskjaer on Cavani's extra days of leave: "It was something required not physically, a different matter, he's ready to train, ready to go and let's see how much we can get out of him."
🗣 Solskjaer on Amad Diallo: "I have to say he's doing really well in training, he's come back a little later after the Olympics and he's looking really good. I wouldn't be surprised if he stays. It has to be the right loan, club, way of playing etc"
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Southampton 1-0 Man Utd HT:
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📝 Declan Rice is unhappy that West Ham United have effectively priced him out of this summer's transfer market by valuing him at £100million and has no plans to sign a new contract. [Matt Law]
📌 Any approach to re-sign Lingard, either permanently or on loan, could prompt Manchester United to ask about signing Rice but the England international fears West Ham's valuation would scare off the Old Trafford club. [Matt Law]
📌 Manchester United and Chelsea are admirers of Declan Rice, but both clubs have been put off making a bid by West Ham's insistence that the 22-year-old would cost £100m. [Matt Law]
📌 The situation is likely to result in Declan Rice running down his present deal, which will have two years to run at the end of this season, and effectively force West Ham to lower their asking price. [Matt Law]
📌 It is believed that both Manchester United and Chelsea may have already bid for Rice had his valuation been set at between £60m and £70m. [Matt Law]
📌 But West Ham's unwillingness to negotiate this summer will only strengthen his resolve to force the club's hand over his future and any attempts to re-open contract talks are set to be knocked back. [Matt Law]
Solskjaer: "We lost our heads when they scored. Last 20 minutes we got sloppy, maybe fitness issues, maybe something else." #MUFC
Solskjaer: "A couple of them were fouls when I played! "You know what they are going to do, kick our players, and there are quite a few fouls the referee has let go. If that is the way they want to go, we will get injuries."
Solskjaer: "Jadon Sancho did well when he came on but we lost our way the last 20 minutes."
Greenwood: "In my eyes we dropped two points. "When we got the equaliser we should have gone for the throats, the time went away and we did not get the winner towards the end."
Greenwood on #SaintsFC goal: "He has gone through the back of him (Fernandes), I thought it was a foul." #MUFC
