Manchester United's bench and Matthijs de Ligt was incandescent that Brentford were allowed to score while he was off the pitch in Saturday's 2-1 comeback win. Erik ten Hag was booked for his argument with fourth official Gavin Ward and his assistant Ruud van Nistelrooy suffered the same fate after his animated protests towards him. United's manager credited their second-half …
The final paperwork came through later than expected on the evening of August 12, but there would be no final hitches. However, according to one source close to De Ligt, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, his camp’s perception was that Bayern “were playing a game” during conversations about his prospects and wanted him to go. Though he would depart that …
