Manchester United have been handed a serious injury blow after summer signing Leny Yoro was spotted on crutches ahead of the pre-season meeting with Real Betis.
There is also news of deals for Chido Obi Martin and Samuel Lusale as well as a £500,000 transfer boost.
There is also news of deals for Chido Obi Martin and Samuel Lusale as well as a £500,000 transfer boost.
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00:00Manchester United could be without Lenny Yorrow for the start of the new season after he was spotted on crutches at the UCLA on Tuesday.
00:11Yorrow, of course, went off injured. United's 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at the weekend.
00:16It's understood that both he and Rasmus Hoyland didn't train with the United side on Tuesday ahead of their second tour match against Real Betis.
00:24Yorrow was spotted on crutches wearing the protective boot.
00:28United not commenting officially right now on his situation.
00:32Ten Hag will no doubt address it when he speaks to the media following that game against Real Betis.
00:37But right now, it's not looking good for Yorrow to be on crutches, to be in a boot at this time of pre-season, which suggests that it's quite a serious injury.
00:46We don't want to speculate too much on that, of course, but it would be no surprise if he was at risk now of missing the start of the season.
00:53It's understood that Hoyland's injury is not quite as severe.
00:56He didn't train, like we said, ahead of the Betis game, but he should hopefully be back when United face Liverpool at the weekend.
01:03We will get updates from Eric Ten Hag on both of those in the coming days.
01:07In terms of transfer news, United have agreed deals, we understand, for Arsenal starlet Chido Obi Martin and for Crystal Palace youngster Samuel Lassalle as well.
01:18Both huge signings for United at youth level.
01:21Both of them expected to play for the under-18s initially next season, but Obi Martin in particular is a huge coup.
01:28He turned down a new deal at Arsenal. There was serious interest from all across Europe for him.
01:34He is expected, like we said, to play for the under-18s, but he's already being earmarked for a potential first team role next season.
01:41Obi Martin, at the age of 16, he's already trained with the Arsenal first team.
01:46He famously scored 10 goals in one game against Liverpool last season.
01:50He could be fourth, maybe a third choice striker for United at first team level next season.
01:57But, of course, there's lots of bits to be moved about because he'd probably be behind a more senior player as a false nine,
02:03the likes of Rashford, Bruno Fernandes maybe in Sancho as a false nine, Ahmad as well, and Rashford as well as a central attacking option.
02:11So, don't expect to see Obi Martin playing for United's first team too soon, but it's certainly something we could see in the near future.
02:19And the other bit of transfer news for United is Shola Sorotire has completed his move to PAOK in Greece, the Greek champions.
02:28It was a free transfer. He also rejected the new contract at United, but United will actually get £500,000 in compensation for the youngster.
02:38So, even after exiting the club on a free, United still set to profit a little bit from that one.
02:44Because he was an academy graduate who they did sort of nurture and they get compensation for that.
02:49So, the headlines for you, Lenny Yoro injury scare for United, Obi Martin set to sign, and a windfall from Sorotire's move to Greece.