United will return to the Premier League after Christmas, but 5 players will have to watch out for their words and deeds in the game as they will be suspended for one game once they are yellow.
According to the rules of the Premier League, once 5 yellow cards are accumulated in the first 19 rounds, they will be automatically suspended for one game, including the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup, but if they survive the 20th round, they can be exempted from the penalty of 5 yellow suspensions, and only if they accumulate 10 yellow cards before 32 rounds will they be suspended twice.
At present, Manchester United have only played 16 rounds of the Premier League due to two postponements due to the new crown problem, which means that players with a yellow card count of close to 5 in the next three games must be cautious. United have four yellow cards in the squad of five players, Luke Shaw, Fred, McTomine, Bruno Fernandez and Pogba.
Pogba is still recuperating from injuries and won't be back any time soon, so he's safe; Luke Shaw has lost his main position so there's not much risk; Fernandez, McTomine and Fred are all Lonnick's starters and must avoid yellowing against Newcastle, Burnley and Wolves. Fernandez had to complain less about referees, while McFred needed to be defensive. The other Manchester United players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Maguire, both carry 3 yellow cards, and as long as they do not get yellow twice in the next 3 games, they do not have to face the risk of suspension.
Meanwhile, United centre-back Eric Bai has been selected for the Ivory Coast national team and will miss Out for next month's Africa Cup of Nations, while euro 40 million winger Amade Diallo is not on the squad. The Africa Cup of Nations will open on January 9, with the final on February 6. Manchester United's Tunisian international Hannibal Mejebry may also be involved, but he is not a regular first-team player and therefore has little impact on Ronnick.
Meanwhile, the British "Daily Mail" reported that Manchester United is one step closer to implementing plans to expand the home stadium of Old Trafford. Currently, the Dream Theater has a capacity of 74,140 people, and the new plan is to increase it to more than 80,000 people. Manchester United's senior management said it was important to ensure that the upgrade was a "reasonable promotion" and that spectators were always full.
Old Trafford was last expanded in March 2006 to add seats to the North West and North East stands, but plans for expansion were confirmed as early as February 2004. Since the Glazer family bought Manchester United in 2005, the family has never approved any expansion plans, and the 111-year-old stadium has been widely criticized in recent years.
United have already received a number of proposals to choose the right blueprint for the future. The club held meetings with architecture and engineering firms and found some of the potential ideas "exciting". The Red Devils' plan is not only to add new stands, but also to upgrade existing facilities.
For many years, because the railway outside the Old Trafford South Stand had hindered the expansion of the stadium, but technological progress would make it no longer a problem, and The Manchester United stands could be built above the tracks and trains passed through the inside of the stadium. United also want to expand the stadium without preventing home games from continuing at the Theatre of Dreams.
Prior to the renovation of Old Trafford, Manchester United had appointed a master planner to take charge of the transformation of Carrington's training ground.