READ ALSO: Last week’s announcements
Thursday 5 January
Daley Blind to Bayern
Confirmation came Thursday evening that Daley Blind clear for Bayern Munich.
He signed a contract until the end of the season.
Blind left Ajax just before the new year, but was therefore not without a club for long.
The 32-year-old played 141 games for Manchester United and scored six goals, of course the goal against Liverpool being the most remembered.
Servus, Daley 🔴⚪
FC Bayern can announce the signing of defender Daley Blind on a contract until the end of the season.#MiaSanMia
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernIT) January 5, 2023
De Gea nominated for Premier League award
David de Gea is named in the Premier League best save for December category. The price of November and December has been combined due to the World Cup, and there is a saving from November 13 with which De Gea can win.
Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, West Ham’s Lukasz Fabiański, Southampton’s Gavin Bazunu, Bournemouth’s Mark Travers and Wolverhampton’s Jose Sa are other names and categories.
This big rescue from @D_DeGea is ready for a #PL prize! 👏
Vote for our number 1 now ⤵️#MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 5, 2023
United duo nominated for player of the month
Marcus Rashford and Casemiro have been in focus in recent games, and now their solid efforts have been noticed far beyond Old Trafford as well. The duo was nominated for Player of the Month for December.
There, the United players will battle against, among others, two Norwegians.
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard are also named, as is Manchester City’s Erling Braut Haaland.
Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier, Fulham’s Joao Palhinha and Brentford’s Ben Mee are the other players named.
Wednesday 4 January
Victory for Henderson & co
Nottingham Forest cleared the relegation zone after winning 1-0 away to bottom-of-the-table Southampton.
Dean Henderson he was as usual in goal for Forest, and actually had a fairly uneventful day’s work, even in times when Southampton had the initiative. He sorted out perfectly OK when he was supposed to be in action, apart from some entertaining involvement with the ball at his feet, and is probably quite happy with keeping a clean sheet.
See the highlights here (and all the Premier League highlights of the round his):
Darren Ferguson in Peterborough – again!
Peterborough United have sacked Grant McCann for the second time and confirmed at the same time that they have brought on ex-red Darren Ferguson as manager for the rest of the season.
This is the fourth (!) time Peterborough has taken on Darren Ferguson as manager. He has been promoted four times with the club in the past. It won’t be easy to do it again, because Peterborough has five points until the playoffs, and also played one more game.
Ferguson made a total of 30 appearances for Manchester United under his father’s management.
The football team parted ways with head coach Grant McCann and assistant coach Cliff Byrne.
The club appointed Darren Ferguson as manager until the end of the season.
All details are within this official statement. #puff
— Peterborough United (@theposh) January 4, 2023
Monday 2 January
Liverpool lost to Brentford
Brentford took on Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium on Monday night. The match ended 3-1 for the home side meaning Liverpool dropped out on important points in their battle for the Champions League. Liverpool remain in sixth place, two points behind Tottenham.
Brentford have moved up three places and are below Liverpool. Brentford are two points behind Liverpool and one game more played.
See the goals here:
