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 go here) We start with former United midfielder Marouane Fellaini, who has unfortunately tested positive for coronavirus.

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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.

Today, we’ll even publish two sets of MUFC transfer talk items today, with the first one available at this link. We start with yet another update on midfielder Nemanja Matic. Just a few days ago, the club option was triggered for the Serbian, meaning he’ll now stick around another season, with his current deal set to expire at the end of this one.

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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.

Today, we’ll even publish two sets of MUFC transfer talk items today, go here for the second one. We get things started with who else? Paul Pogba! Depending on the day or the hour or the outlet he really wants to leave/stay….who knows. We have been saying for awhile now that it’s best for all involved he move on once the summer transfer window opens up again.

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Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo, on loan from Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League, saw his activation into his current team delayed due to coronavirus precautions.

He’s fine, and according to one report, he receives two tests daily, as does the rest of the team. The 30-year-old has done more than enough to earn a permanent place with the club, and according to reports, the Nigerian would be more than happy to take a £6 million pay cut in order to make his loan move permanent.

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future. Just yesterday, the Premier League announced suspension of play until April 30, when they will re-evaluate. The 2020 Euros are postponed until 2021 and the Champions League could be lost for this season.

That all said, let’s take a look at how some of Manchester United’s players are keeping themselves busy and their mind occupied while in isolation. These are indeed very strange days and extremely uncertain times.

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future. Just today, the Premier League announced suspension of play until April 30, when they will re-evaluate. 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. Go here for the first edition of today’s MUFC news and notes. We start with a news item on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and former striker Romelu Lukaku.

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future. Just today, the Premier League announced suspension of play until April 30, when they will re-evaluate. 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 part two of the United news and notes, go here. We start with United central defender Victor Lindelof and midfielder Paul Pogba paying homage to footballers who have tested positive for COVID-19 while they continue training in isolation.

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Manchester United had originally planned on resuming training on today, but that’s impossible now due to new national guidelines enacted to try and stop the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic has brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future.

That’s 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.

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The big news today, from a Manchester United standpoint, is cancelling of training. New government guidelines, with the aim of slowing the coronavirus spread, forbids gatherings of the size that a training session elicits. In other United news, the club will trigger the one year option on the contract of midfielder Nemanja Matic.

The 31-year-old was set to see his current contract expire at the end of this season, hence the action taken to keep the former Chelsea man in place. This season has been topsy-turvy for the Serbian, considering the transfer rumors that swirled about him in the January window as contract extension talks with the club had stalled out.

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Bruno Fernandes has certainly become that “x factor” that Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer envisioned he could be. The very late in the January transfer window addition, who’s been a difference maker, according to Gary Neville, has been named Premier League Player of the Month for February.

It’s well deserved too, as he’s produced four assists and three goals in nine appearances across all competitions for United so far. Indeed the $88 million acquisition from Sporting Lisbon has been worth every penny for Old Trafford so far.

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Manchester United will reportedly resume training on Tuesday, but it’s impossible to know anything else about their schedule, for anything, beyond that right now. Europe is the world epicenter for COVID-19 and that’s brought all of world football down for the foreseeable future.

That’s said, there is still plenty of interesting Manchester United related news and notes to go over. Go here for the first volume of today’s MUFC news and notes. 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.

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