The Manchester United first-team have been pressured to make different journey plans for Saturday’s journey to Newcastle United after their flight was cancelled earlier within the day.
The Purple Devils return to Premier League motion with a tricky fixture up at St James’ Park, and a win would see them transfer above Tottenham Hotspur into fifth place forward of Spurs’ assembly with Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
Nonetheless, United’s preparations have been lower than superb. After solely arriving again from Turkey late on Wednesday after their Champions League journey to Galatasaray, Erik ten Hag’s squad had their Saturday morning flight to the north-east of England cancelled on account of antagonistic climate situations.
As an alternative, United’s travelling cohort will head as much as Newcastle through coach – a journey which is predicted to final round three hours.
The UK is presently gripped by frosty situations and snowy climate, with temperatures set to plummet right down to -1c at St James’ Park by the point Saturday’s match kicks off at 8pm GMT – a time rearranged to permit each groups extra restoration time from their midweek Champions League exploits.
Regardless of such chilly situations and United’s journey disruption, the match is just not in any hazard of being postponed. United’s conflict with Galatasaray on Wednesday was prone to being cancelled on account of heavy rain in Istanbul, however Rams Park groundsmen managed to empty the pitch appropriately and an entertaining 3-3 draw performed out.
In the meantime, Newcastle head into Saturday’s fixture having been denied a well-known win at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. The Magpies led 1-0 for a lot of the night due to a first-half aim from Alexander Isak, however a controversial penalty awarded for handball in opposition to Tino Livramento allowed Kylian Mbappe to equalise deep into second-half stoppage time.
Newcastle will transfer above United within the Premier League standings with three factors on Saturday.
