Man Utd trigger contract extensions for 4 key players
Manchester United have triggered one-year contract extensions for Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Fred and Diogo Dalot to keep all four players at Old Trafford until 2024. The quartet were due to be out of contract at the end of this season under the main terms of their respective deals. But United have often included 12-month options in deals that can be triggered to give the club extra protection against losing players as free agents. It now gives United more time to either negotiate longer-term contracts or seek transfer fees. “I can confirm it,” Ten Hag told MUTV . “We are happy because the squad is going in the right direction and those players [have] a massive contribution in that direction.” Rashford in particular has been in resurgent form this season, scoring nine goals in all competitions by the time club football paused for the World Cup – almost double his tally for the whole of what had been a disappointing 2021/22 campaign. He then scored three times at the World Cup. Sha...