Wangerheim fit for West Ham, Bizet ahead of schedule

The Lead

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Ellen Wangerheim is available for West Ham, and Celin Bizet is running ahead of her plan

Eva Olid says Ellen Wangerheim is back and fully available for Sunday's trip to West Ham, having missed the squad against Arsenal with an injury before playing over half an hour in the Subway Players Cup opener. Olid's own words were narrower than the club's summary: she said the squad needed checking, but that Wangerheim was coming back.

Celin Bizet Donnum is ahead of the recovery plan set after the birth of her child, per Olid, though no date is fixed and United say Sunday comes too soon for her. Jayde Riviere and Emma Watson remain out, and Fridolina Rolfö is unavailable, having confirmed she is expecting a baby. United host West Ham at Leigh Sports Village at two o'clock on Sunday.

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Manchester United

The Briefing

From the Archive

09-26 · 1956

Club record win: 10-0

United beat Anderlecht 10-0 in the European Cup preliminary round second leg. It remains the club's record win in any competition.

A scoreline for perspective on any transfer argument: goals were once so cheap that a European tie could be settled by half past nine. United's 10-0 win over Anderlecht in the European Cup preliminary round stands as the club's record victory in any competition, a mark no modern scoreline has come near threatening.

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Creator Spotlight

Andy Mitten

Andy Mitten, tier 1, credibility 95 on our own scale.

Andy Mitten founded United We Stand in 1989, and thirty-seven years of the fanzine give him institutional memory the daily beat lacks. He writes for The Athletic, FourFourTwo, the FT and Esquire without holding a staff role at the club, which keeps him outside any one outlet's incentives. His account of Isaac Konde's move to United arrived a day ahead of the rest of the reporting pack, and came with a caveat rather than a number invented to fill the gap: the compensation fee remains unresolved.

Club Pulse

Ownership jumps 27 points on the City verdict, the sharpest move on the board. First Team dips on the Šeško setback, Women hold at 11. Manager and Academy stay quiet, thin samples.

Fan Voice

Supporters reached for humor over anger: one fanzine editor turned it on Pep Guardiola, another pointed out what it would mean for Andre Onana's medal collection.

We did say that Guardiola was fleeing a sinking ship. Wonder how he feels about wasting a decade of his career winning titles that don’t count.

@R_o_M, sentiment positive

If City are stripped of ALL their titles, Andre Onana becomes a Champions League winning keeper

@SaintJaySZN, sentiment positive

Player in Focus

Senne Lammens

1 mention on the day's count, sentiment positive. That is a thin base and we read the trend as noise.

Senne Lammens kept a clean sheet and took the man of the match award for Belgium's 2-0 win over Italy, making six saves. It is one mention in the ledger, noise rather than a trend, but a strong outing under new coach Mark van Bommel that a goalkeeper would want repeating.

Senne Lammens kept a clean sheet and was named man of the match, with six saves, as Belgium won 2-0 away to Italy.

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Loan Watch

Every summer departure has completed: Toby Collyer and Melvine Malard picked up permanent moves to West Brom and Chelsea, while Jack Moorhouse, Will Murdock, Chido Obi, Dan Gore, Gabriele Biancheri and Lisa Naalsund left for clubs from Dundee to Willem II. None remain in limbo.