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Manchester United have spent close to £300m under the Portuguese manager but still find themselves potentially 15 points behind Manchester City.

An alternative review of football in 2017 featuring Rod Stewart, referee stag dos and Twitter taking over the summer transfer window.

Manchester United have spent close to £300m since Jose Mourinho took over but the Portuguese coach believes it is not enough to challenge Manchester City.

Fellaini, 30, is in the final 12 months of his Old Trafford contract and will be free to speak to foreign clubs from January.

Lingard's second half double cancels out Ashley Barnes and Steven Defour's first half goals.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson believes Wilfried Zaha is now better equipped to play for a big club.

Malcom joined Bordeaux from Corinthians last year and has scored seven goals in 18 Ligue 1 games this season.

Armenia international Henrikh Mkhitaryan has fallen out of favour with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and is expected to be sold in January.

Manchester United could be without five first-team players ahead of the visit of Burnley with Antonio Valencia and Chris Smalling likely to miss out.

Mkhitaryan's future has been the subject of intense speculation as a result of his failure to nail down a place in Jose Mourinho's plans at Old Trafford.

Eight matches in England's top division take place on Boxing Day with sides at the top and bottom in action.

Manchester United are keen to wrap up a £25m move for the vaunted young left-back, who is attracting interest from a host of Premier League clubs.

Daley Blind can operate as a defensive midfielder, central defender and a left full-back. Louis van Gaal believes he can fit in well at Barcelona.

Liverpool are fourth in the table with 35 points after 19 games, trailing league leaders Manchester City by 20 points. The Reds are also out of the Carabao Cup.

Matteo Darmian was left out of the squad and Victor Lindelof started in the right-back position in the absence of injured Antonio Valencia.

Leon Bailey moved to Bayer Leverkusen from Genk in January 2017. He has scored eight goals in 16 appearances this season.

Harry Maguire nets in the fifth minute of added-on time as Leicester draw 2-2 with Manchester United.

Manchester United have identified two areas - wide position and midfield - to strengthen in the January transfer window. Jose Mourinho is looking to bring in a "magician" forward.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is attracting interest from host of European clubs like PSG, Manchester United, Manchester City, Barcelona and Juventus.

Matteo Darmian and Daley Blind struggled in Manchester United's Carabao Cup defeat to Bristol City on Wednesday. The duo have not travelled with the squad to face Foxes.

Manuel Akanji's contract at Basel will run down in 2021. His impressive form for the Swiss club has seen him attract interest from Liverpool and Dortmund.

Pulisic has been of interest to Liverpool in recent seasons and is Dortmund's leading light after the departure of Ousmane Dembele.

Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini remain out for Manchester United's visit to Leicester City with a string of first-teamers to return after a midweek rest.

Jonny Evans will be allowed to leave West Brom for the right price in January with a return to Manchester United said to be the likeliest option.

Gabriel Jesus and Kylian Mbappe have shown their qualities at Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) respectively.

Daniele Rugani has seen his first team opportunities being limited, which has made him to consider the option of leaving Juventus.

Nemanja Matic is likely to return to partner Paul Pogba in midfield for Manchester United against Leicester City but Antonio Valencia is a doubt.

Mkhitaryan enjoyed an explosive start to the season, laying on five assists for his teammates in the opening three matches of the season.

Jose Mourinho has labelled Bristol City "lucky" after watching his Manchester United side be knocked out by the Championship side at Ashton Gate.

Karl Anderson, 29, was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty to racially aggravated common assault outside Manchester City's training ground.