United they stand against spend cap

Manchester United are one of a growing number of Premier League clubs strongly opposed to an ‘anchoring’ spending cap. Officials at Old trafford are vehemently against the proposal, which would see the sum a side could spend on wages linked to the amount of tV money handed to the club who finish bottom of the table. the idea of anchoring is to keep a competitive balance within the league to ensure that it remains attractive to broadcasters. United’s stance may well cause a headache for the top flight ahead of a meeting of clubs in London on Monday.

THERE has been so much fluidity between United’s first team, Under 21s and Under 18s of late that the programme hasn’t been able to keep up. Louis Jackson (below), who made the bench for the first time at Wembley on Sunday for the 4-2 penalty shootout win over Coventry, was again involved due to injury woe in defence for Erik ten Hag. But despite United’s squad on the back of the programme running from Andre Onana (No 1) to Ethan Wheatley (No 84), there was no sign of Jackson.

it has been a whirlwind 24 hours for a few of United’s Under 18s, having won the Premier League cup on tuesday night before joining the first-team squad to face sheffield United. erik ten hag was eager not to rob a handful of academy stars of the chance to participate in their cup final against Manchester city, so it was agreed with Under 18s boss adam Lawrence that those involved last night could play 45 minutes. that meant harry amass, Louis Jackson and ethan Wheatley came off at the break, with United leading 2-0 thanks to Wheatley’s brace. habeeb Ogunneye played in the second half.