Manchester United trio Jesse Lingard, Nemanja Matic and Antonio Valencia have all returned to first team training as Jose Mourinho’s men prepare to take on Brighton on Sunday. The Red Devils kicked off their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 win against Leicester City last Friday but the trio missed the game. Lingard had three weeks off after his involvement in England’s World Cup campaign, while Valencia and Matic picked up injuries on United’s pre-season tour. United take on Brighton at the Amex on Sunday and, though Mourinho says the game will come too soon, he’s confirmed the triple boost.
‘Lingard, Matic and Valencia have been training with the team since yesterday [Thursday],’ said Mourinho. ‘[They are] fully fit but not yet [ready] to play or even to be selected, I think, and that’s it. ‘Of course, some of the boys are in a better condition because before Leicester they trained just three days and after this long, good working week, normally they are in a better condition.’ Pascal Gross’ goal gave Brighton a famous win against United on the south coast in May and Mourinho has warned his side they face a similarly difficult game on Sunday. ‘Looking to the match, I think the best way to look at it is to remember that three months ago we lost 1-0 there,’ said Mourinho. ‘Chris [Hughton] is a great coach. Good players, good team, beautiful stadium, but difficult to play. They know how to play and they’ve kept the same team, they bought a few new players. I think the style is the same and the fact that they lost the first match [against Watford], obviously they are working for a reaction, working to improve their game, so a difficult match for us, but we are confident. ‘The training was really, really good all week and we go to win, obviously. That is our main objective.’
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If the above question was asked a couple of years ago, it would have
been met with snorts of derision. Marcus Rashford burst onto the scene,
making the most of a warm-up injury to Anthony Martial before United’s
Europa League clash against FC Midtjylland in February 2016.
He played the ‘United way’- without inhibitions or fear, a smile on
his face and the exuberance of a youngster simply living out his boyhood
dream.
Fast forward two seasons and speculation has been rife whether
current manager Jose Mourinho is capable of getting the best out of
Rashford and fellow bright prospect Anthony Martial. READ MORE:(Watch) Marcus Rashford scores wonder goal against Costa Rica
You have to pinch yourself sometimes that those two are still classed
as ‘prospects’ as they embark on what will be, on paper at least, their
third seasons in the United first team. Martial’s future continues to
be subject of doubt, with him appearing to be more likely to leave than
Rashford.
Both were given the chance to cement a spot in the side for last
season’s FA Cup final in what turned out to be a soporific defeat at the
Amex which secured Brighton’s survival and ensured United had completed
the full set of away defeats against the previous season’s promoted
sides.
After all the rumblings and noise from their camps about supposed
discontent, neither covered themselves in glory. It seemed ego ruled the
roost over these happy go lucky youngsters, something you would never
have expected to accuse those two of.
Rashford went onto start the final, after Romelu Lukaku was only
deemed fit enough for a spot on the bench, and spurned a glorious one on
one chance to level the game. That opportunity that evaded him was
magnified further by a quiet showing on the biggest domestic stage.
It has been a good week for Rashford. First, named by hero Cristiano
Ronaldo as one of a select few players who could take his and Lionel
Messi’s joint status as one of football’s icons. Then, his stunning
strike against Costa Rica propelled him into the running to start for
England at the biggest stage of them all and he must be brimming with
confidence after beating Real Madrid’s Keylor Navas from long range.
Rashford’s short career has been filled with glorious moments- from the
double in a matter of days against Midtjylland and Arsenal to another
stunning double last year against the ultimate enemy- we know what
Rashford has in his locker.
Will he be allowed to take his talented belongings out of that locker under Mourinho though?
That is another question.
His conservative pragmatism, which has become the norm at United, is
arguably not catered for creative freedom and licence that Rashford
probably craves. He has been schooled the ‘United way’ which presumably
does not involve being wrapped in shackles.
That said, Mourinho always turns to Rashford as he does not go hiding
and will always work for the team. When the question was put to
Mourinho about Rashford, he referred the world to the fact he has made
the most appearances of any outfield player in his time at United.
Alright, substitute appearances are littered in there but the point is
valid.
Rashford has given himself the best possible chance to start for
England in the biggest stage world football can offer. If he goes onto
have a fantastic tournament, he will obtain indispensable status at Old
Trafford, especially as Mourinho is on punditry duties and will not miss
a single kick.
With all the mindboggling talk of £60M for half a season wonder at
West Ham Marko Arnautovic, I would personally prefer Rashford as Romelu
Lukaku’s deputy. He still has the world at his feet despite some
turbulent times under Mourinho.
We know Mourinho is almost certainly not going to suddenly release
the chains- he is an old dog with his set ways and will not change.
Class tells though and Rashford has undoubtedly been an integral part of Mourinho’s plans to restore United’s fortunes.
It is frightening to think that Rashford is still only 20 and could
have a future away from United. He has already achieved more at 20 than
some do in an entire career and more is surely to come.
Like Manchester, Rashford is red.
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(CNN)Somewhere
in Moscow, an award ceremony no doubt recently took place honoring the
group responsible for pulling off one of the greatest feats in spy
history.
These
intelligence officers somehow managed to launch a foreign influence
operation that continues to pay dividends long after being publicly
blown. Their success is largely due to a combination of cunning and
divisiveness on the part of American officials.
Perhaps
unwittingly, the ongoing attacks by President Donald Trump and his
allies against special counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI have fed
Russian efforts to further divide our nation and undermine faith in our
national institutions.
By now, we have all become aware of the Russian active measures campaign to sow discord
in the United States during the 2016 election season. The operation
included publicizing emails stolen from the Democratic Party by
cyberintruders in order to hurt Hillary Clinton, dividing American
society by using social media platforms to whip up manufactured outrage
and potentially targeting the Trump campaign for possible exploitation.
Any
one of these offensive operations should have provided cause enough for
citizens of all political stripes to rally together and unite against a
hostile foreign adversary seeking to undermine American democracy.
Taken together, they illustrate a clear and present danger that will no doubt persist for the foreseeable future.
In
the minds of some leaders in Russia, a nation in decline that has
fallen victim to a downward economic spiral and continuing degradation
of political freedoms, a vibrant and successful United States poses an
existential threat. Still smarting from the loss of territory following
the collapse of the USSR, a prosperous Russia -- in their view -- is one
that can somehow restore the relative power once enjoyed in the days of the Soviet Union.
A
strong America, with its penchant for defending freedom and democratic
systems of governance, stands squarely in the way of this goal. Unable
to mount a successful campaign on the battlefield, Russia instead opted
for asymmetric warfare in order to cause political chaos here at home
and distract us from our vital role on the global stage. The Kremlin
denies any such interference, with President Vladimir Putin calling it "complete nonsense," but the leaders of the US intelligence community strongly believe the opposite is true.
The
reason the 2016 Russian active measures operation remains successful to
this day, even after public exposure, is partly due to the fact that
intense partisan polarization in this country has caused our once-civil
political discourse to devolve into mudslinging. Entrenched partisans
now see the other "side" as the enemy, robbing us of both the time and
the space to collectively focus on the greater threat from abroad.
An
equally malevolent factor aiding Russia is the political fratricide
being inflicted on American law enforcement by our own officials. In an
effort to defend against allegations of collusion, the White House has
turned its sights on the American justice system, with the President
claiming himself the target of a "witch hunt" and alleging, without
evidence, that he was the victim of illegal electronic surveillance and
human spying by our intelligence community.
The
White House has been aided by a coterie of consiglieres, like
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-California), who have astonishingly accused the FBI of
lying to federal judges in obtaining electronic surveillance warrants,
and the President's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who compared FBI
agents executing lawful court-ordered investigative activity to German
stormtroopers. These efforts have been allowed to persist by a weak
Justice Department unable or unwilling to forcefully stand up to the
bullies and defend the integrity of the career agents and prosecutors
doing the investigating.
Long
adversaries of the FBI and CIA, Russian intelligence services could not
have predicted that the most damaging actions taken against American
intelligence services would come from within the US government.
To be sure, the FBI has many questions to answer about its work during 2016 presidential campaign, particularly those involving candidate Hillary Clinton.
An independent assessment of the FBI's actions will soon be released in
a report from the Department of Justice's inspector general. But
efforts by conspiracy-peddling partisans to conflate the Clinton and
Trump investigations are knowingly disingenuous.
Many
former intelligence and law enforcement officials like myself have
called these attacks what they are: blatant attempts by politicians in
survival mode to undermine the credibility of American law enforcement
in order to refute the conclusion of Mueller's investigation in the
court of public opinion.
I'll leave
it to the political experts to determine the utility of such a campaign
and whether it is succeeding in achieving its desired political goals.
But one thing is certain: These efforts play directly into the hands of
the Russian government and will only make our country less safe.
The
campaign to discredit our law enforcement and intelligence agencies may
serve narrow political purposes by convincing parts of the electorate
that the President and his allies are victims of a fictitious,
out-of-control national security "Deep State,"
but it is not grounded in fact. The more polarized our country remains,
the longer the backslapping in Moscow will continue. For the Kremlin,
our division is the gift that keeps on giving.
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