On December 17, the Manchester Evening News and the BBC and other media news that the Manchester United first team currently has only 7 players available, and the league battle against Brighton has been postponed.

After the match against Norwich, there was a widespread COVID-19 outbreak within Manchester United, and the midweek league against Brentford was postponed.
Manchester City, ESPN and BBC and other media reporters revealed that the current Manchester United team only has 7 players to play in the weekend league against Brighton, which was subsequently postponed. A number of Premier League clubs are already pushing for a premier league suspension to start again in January next year.