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Laurie Whitwell

Manchester

Journalist at The Athletic

Journalist for @TheAthleticFC, covering Manchester United. Instagram: lauriewhitwell

Articles

  • 6 days ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Whitwell

    In the entirety of Manchester United's storied relationship with European football, Old Trafford has never witnessed a sight like the immediate aftermath of Harry Maguire's winning goal against Lyon. It was a portrait of pandemonium. There have been bigger games, better opponents, more meaningful results, but the explosion of emotion inside the stadium as United pulled off an unprecedented comeback created a unique spectacle where fans, players and staff gave in to primal instincts.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Whitwell |Sam Joseph

    Manchester United forward Joshua Zirkzee will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season due to a hamstring injury. Zirkzee, 23, was substituted in the 55th minute of his side's 4-1 loss against Newcastle United on Sunday after going down with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. He was replaced by Rasmus Hojlund. United head coach Ruben Amorim said after the game that he expected Zirkzee to be out for "some games".

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Whitwell

    Two years on from Manchester United's goalkeeper making errors late in the season to prompt a reevaluation of summer priorities, history may be repeating itself. David de Gea's mistakes against Sevilla in the Europa League, West Ham United in the Premier League and, crucially, Manchester City in the FA Cup final, convinced Erik ten Hag to push for a change to his No 1 rather than accede to a new contract for the incumbent.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Whitwell

    Manchester United are considering a summer move for Matheus Cunha to supplement their aims of getting more goals in Ruben Amorim's team. Liam Delap is high in thoughts at United to come in as striker, while Cunha is seen as potentially a good fit for one of the No 10 positions. Signing both players is viewed as plausible if United are able to sell well, while other attacking options are being explored for both forward roles and plenty of talks on targets are anticipated.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Whitwell

    It's all square in this Europa League quarter-final. Roll on April 17 at Old Trafford. Manchester United rarely do things the easy way and thought they had the advantage in this tie when Joshua Zirkzee came off the bench to make it 2-1 in the final minutes of normal time, but Rayan Cherki had other ideas, scoring in the 95th minute.

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Laurie Whitwell
Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell
10 Apr 25

Good overview of the Liam Delap situation, including relegation release clause + the many teams looking at him, led by Chelsea + Man United. By @DTathletic ⬇️ #MUFC https://t.co/4ComlXmyCD

Laurie Whitwell
Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell
9 Apr 25

Kobbie Mainoo in training for #MUFC ahead of Lyon tie. New haircut. No Matthijs de Ligt. Jaydan Kamason, Jack Moorhouse also in session. https://t.co/QYrkfQisCQ

Laurie Whitwell
Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell
9 Apr 25

RT @AndyMitten: Exclusive interview with OL's Nemanja Matic for @TheAthleticFC Love of sweets while staying sharp at 36 High/lows points…