The Premier League season is on hiatus until the end of the next coming month, and likely considerably longer. Almost every aspect of the 2019-20 PL season is up in the air right now, but players have to stay in shape and be ready to go when the call to resume the action finally arrives.

How they’re doing that, while also maintaining the rules of social distancing and staying in quarantine can prove to be a challenge. Footballers have to get creative, as we’ve seen on multiple occasions, and United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a solution that definitely taps in to that spirit of creativity.

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors.

We start with a supposed asking price being set on United’s top summer target, Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho. 

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors. (For today’s MUFC news items round-up go here)

With that in mind, let’s take a spin through the Manchester United related rumor mill, starting with the latest on the 25 million British pound rated outcast in central defense, Chris Smalling.

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future. The Premier League announced suspension of play until April 30, and at that point they will re-evaluate again. That said, there is still plenty of interesting Manchester United related news and notes to go over.

Let’s take a look at some of the news items trending in cyberspace right now during these very strange days and extremely uncertain times. (For today’s MUFC transfer rumors round-up, go here) We start with leading scorer Marcus Rashford, who says that he is now nearing a return to full fitness.

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors.

With that in mind, let’s take a spin through the Manchester United related rumor mill, starting with the latest on Jude Bellingham. United have been linked to the 16-year-old Birmingham City midfielder for some time, with their main rivals in this chase being Borussia Dortmund.

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors.

With that in mind, let’s take a spin through the Manchester United related rumor mill, starting with the latest on striker Odion Ighalo. His loan move, from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua, is set to expire on May 31, but that’s likely to be extended to June 30, because of the shutdown caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

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Bruno Fernandes is already a legend within the Manchester United community, and his future with the club looks extremely bright. The reigning club and Premier League player of the month, he’s been a difference maker, according to Gary Neville, with the club legend describing the player’s uniqueness and originality that he brings to the squad.

Fernandes has certainly become that “x factor” manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer envisioned he could be, and part of that is due to who is idol is, one of the most legendary players in United history, his fellow Portugese countryman Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors.

With that in mind, let’s take a spin through the Manchester United related rumor mill, starting with the guy who could be the club’s top target this summer, provided we have a true transfer window, Jadon Sancho. MUFC have been strongly linked with the former Man City and current Borussia Dortmund forward over the years.

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The Louis van Gaal era at Manchester United didn’t produce a trophy until his final game (the 2016 FA Cup), and at that point it was already widely known that he was going to get replaced by Jose Mourinho. The football often lacked panache under Van Gaal too as we saw goalless draws aplenty.

However, there was still plenty of memorable moments, especially in press conferences where the Dutchman was sometimes funny, sometimes just plain mean, when he sparred with reporters.

LVG has a big personality, and it matched the size of a big club like United during his short tenure (2014-2016).

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On loan striker Odion Ighalo has done more than enough to earn a permanent place at Manchester United, once his contract expires, and he’s reportedly willing to take a pay cut in order to get that done. He’s property of Chinese Super Club Shanghai Shenhua until 2021, with a loan deal to United that ends on May 31.

According to a report in Sky Sports today that loan move will likely be extended to June 30 due to the shutdown caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. Old Trafford have a club option to make the deal permanent once the loan portion expires.

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Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors. In fact, the rumor mill can probably survive any type of apocalytpic event.

With that in mind, let’s take a spin through the Manchester United related rumor mill, starting with Paul Pogba, because hey why not? (For today’s MUFC news items round up go here)

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