Manchester United's finances are in a "dire state", says chief United writer for the MEN Samuel Luckhurst. There are question marks around the club's current situation in relation to PSR and whether they need to sell players to bring others in.

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Manchester United have been sweating over the fitness of Noussair Mazraoui, Leny Yoro and Matthijs de Ligt ahead of their Premier League trip to Fulham.Mazraoui missed Thursday’s Europa League game against Rangers with a knock and Yoro and De Ligt both had to be substituted in that 2-1 win at Old Trafford.

Manchester United has received support from the British government for the club’s project to regenerate the area around its Old Trafford stadium. Rachel Reeves, Britain’s Treasury chief, said in a statement she was championing the Old Trafford project as “a shining example” of the government’s plans to promote economic growth.

Options to increase capacity to 87,000 at the existing stadium or build a new ground which could hold 100,000 fans are on the table.

The UK Government has backed plans to regenerate the area around Old Trafford, regardless of whether Manchester United decide to build a new 100,000-seater stadium