• Manchester United defender ruled out with calf injury
• Maguire for sale at right price but expects to stay

Harry Maguire has described missing Manchester United’s FA Cup final triumph over Manchester City and England’s Euro 2024 campaign with an injury as “probably the toughest moment” of his career.

A year ago Erik ten Hag stripped Maguire of the United captaincy and the defender came close to joining West Ham later in the summer. He was at that point effectively the fifth-choice centre-back, behind Lisandro Martínez, Raphaël Varane, Victor Lindelöf and Luke Shaw.

• Training schedule built around optimum light exposure
• Compression garments provided before Arsenal game

Erik ten Hag’s intent that Manchester United hit the ground running on their US tour by mitigating against jet lag includes training in Los Angeles at optimum times for his players to receive light, and designated sleep and meal windows.

United arrived in LA, which is eight hours behind the UK, at about 5.30pm on Wednesday. Their opening match is at 5pm on Saturday against Arsenal at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.

• Ratcliffe prioritising progression of team this season
• Club eager to establish foundation for ongoing success

Erik ten Hag is not under pressure to guide Manchester United to a top-four finish next season, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe prioritising considerable progression of the team as the man in charge of football operations at United aims to establish sustained excellence there.

While Ten Hag’s ambition is to lead United to as high a position as possible and Ratcliffe’s Ineos-led football department want the same, there is a recognition there are no guarantees next season as the club rebuilds and that establishing a firm foundation will allow ongoing success. In concert with the sporting director, Dan Ashworth, Ten Hag’s remit is to significantly improve on-field performance and off-field standards. After United finishing eighth last year, their lowest of the Premier League era, there is a recognition that all areas of football policy require repurposing.

• Ten Hag believes Moroccan can boost form of Antony
• Paris Saint-Germain interested in Jadon Sancho

Erik ten Hag is targeting Bayern Munich’s Noussair Mazraoui with the Manchester United manager believing the right back can aid Antony’s form, though Aaron Wan-Bissaka would have to be sold to finance a transfer that would cost in the region of £21m.

Mazraoui is one of several right-back options being considered by Ten Hag who coached the 26-year-old Moroccan at Ajax from 2018 up until his departure to Old Trafford four years later. Mazraoui supported Antony on Ajax’s right flank during their title-winning seasons of 2020-21 and 2021-2022 and they impressed as a pairing.

With new players and staff – both executive and coaching – in place Erik ten Hag will be looking for improvement

Call it the warmest of rapprochements. A work in progress. An uneasy truce or standoff of convenience. However you boil it down, there is no escaping how dubious Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos-led football department was of Erik ten Hag’s candidacy to continue as Manchester United manager. After the Dutchman survived despite the sounding out of a plethora of potential replacements, can he and Dan Ashworth, the club’s new sporting director, strike up a strong professional relationship and work in concert to drive the team forward? There is a desire from Ten Hag and Ineos to do so – of course there is – but the test of any cracks in the Dutchman’s status may come if United lose three on the bounce or eke a couple of draws while stinking the pitch out.

Manager’s apparent frustration with coaches and medical team strikes a negative tone with the club rebuilding

Feisty, strategic, scattergun, unwitting – Erik ten Hag was definitely disenchanted after Manchester United’s 1-0 loss to Rosenborg on Monday . The manager seemed to take aim at Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Jonny Evans, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Mason Mount who all played the first half of the pre-season friendly in Trondheim, the 15 academy outfield players deployed throughout, his coaching staff, his medical department plus, inadvertently and clumsily, himself.

“We play pre-season but at Man United the standard is you win games and definitely don’t lose,” the Dutchman told MUTV. “The performance is more important and the performance was below standards. We can make good on everything that was bad, but I am not that guy. As an individual you must make sure you are fit. I know you cannot be match fit, so we need these games. They [young players] are looking to listen and want to transfer that – it didn’t work.”

• Dutchman opens up on frank discussions with hierarchy
• Ten Hag says heated talks were ‘as it should be at the top’

Erik ten Hag had “confrontational conversations” with Manchester United’s executive last month in regards to the direction of the team, with the Dutchman stating “we should part ways” if an agreement could not be reached.

Ten Hag met with club officials in Ibiza in talks to decide his future as manager after the Sir Jim Ratcliffe-led football department had considered numerous other candidates as potential replacements. The 54-year-old was ultimately retained and signed an extension to his existing contract until June 2026 .

• Frenchman signs a five-year deal with option to extend
• Teenager says joining United ‘an incredible honour’

Manchester United have announced the signing of French defender Leny Yoro from Lille. The 18-year-old has signed a five-year deal with the club with the option to extend for a further year.

The fee is understood to be €62m (£52.2m) plus €8m (£6.7m) of add-ons for the services of Yoro, who becomes their second signing of the summer following last week’s arrival of Joshua Zirkzee.

• 22-year-old scored 10 goals and assisted six for Getafe
• Marseille ‘delighted’ with £26.7m signing

Mason Greenwood has completed his transfer to Marseille from Manchester United. The clubs agreed a €31.6m (£26.7m) deal earlier this month , with the Premier League club set to receive a sizeable share of any sell-on for the forward.

Greenwood, who spent last season on loan at Spanish side Getafe, has signed a five-year contract with Marseille.