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Manchester United have three players recovering from long term injuries- defender Luke Shaw, defender/midfielder Ashley Young and defender Marcos Rojo. All three joined the squad for the preseason exhibition tour of the United States, but they were not available for selection in the Super Cup loss to Real Madrid, nor the Premier League season opening win over West Ham United at home on August 13.

Today Rojo gave the world an insight into his recovery and rehabilitation at United’s Carrington training complex. The Argentine posted a video of his knee being assessed with the caption, when translated into English:

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Holding midfielder Nemanja Matic took home the Man of the Match award in Manchester United’s 4-0 dominance of West Ham in the season opener, but striker Romelu Lukaku achieved another honor. The big Belgian was deemed the best performer in the entire Premier League for week one by NBC Sports.

There were numerous heroes for United this week, as they opened their Premier League season with a performance that was as complete as we’ve seen since the Sir Alex Ferguson era ended.

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Manchester United have made themselves a summer transfer window only kind of club, as they acquired zero players in the last two January windows. According to a report by ESPN FC today that could change in 2018. The Bristol based publication claims that United Manager Jose Mourinho is not interested in doing any more summer shopping right now, with a little over two weeks until the window closes.

ESPN writes that Mourinho has decided: “against funding a move for a fourth summer signing by offloading his fringe players.”

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Paul Pogba says he’s gone from a boy to a man in the time he was away from Manchester United. Pogba moved from United to Juventus on a free in 2012, and the club accomplished #Pogback by breaking the world transfer fee record last summer to the tune of £89.3 million.

This summer the record was absolutely shattered by Neymar’s moving to Paris Saint-Germain for £200m. Now the Pogba price point pressure is off, and it’s all about getting it done on the pitch. Paul Pogba, with his added maturity, can focus on the game now.

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When Jose Mourinho ends this extremely bizarre Adidas advertisement by saying “ok, that’s it,” the viewer might wish that he had done it much sooner. Maybe even before the hauntingly bizarre advert had even been green-lighted. Because in the spot entitled “Here to Create” the consumer is led to believe that Mourinho was orchestrating the madness, and what transpires here is really extremely mad.

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