Avram Glazer is at Old Trafford for Manchester United’s opening Premier League game at home to Arsenal. The club’s co-owner and co-chairman has just been escorted through the press box by chief executive Omar Berrada. It was last August that Glazer made his first visit to the stadium for a match in almost two years and it will be interesting to see what reception he receives from the fans.
According to reports, Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has not recovered from a hamstring injury and it absent from the squad. Altay Bayindir will deputise, who was United’s penalty shoot-out hero at the Emirates in the FA Cup last season. He also saved from Martin Odegaard during the 90 minutes.
White with maroon trimmings. It looks smart but for some fans a white kit will always been too redolent of Spurs. In this fixture, it calls to mind Owen Hargreaves scoring a free-kick at Old Trafford in April 2008 which effectively finished Arsenal’s title challenge. That came days after Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League at Anfield in the same strip, a game which featured *that* Theo Walcott run from inside his own half to tee up Emmanuel Adebayor.
United home this area behind the Stretford End can become like a fanzone at tournaments. Not sure how many pints fans need to drink to raise the funds for Carlos Baleba, but they will have fun trying.
