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Exciting plans at Old Trafford? There could be very soon. The club have set up an expert task force to plan to regenerate Old Trafford and build one of the best stadiums in the world.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe described it as a “once-in-a-century opportunity” to give United the Wembley of the north or a ground comparable with Barcelona’s Nou Camp or Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu.

Lord Sebastian Coe, the chair of the London 2012 Olympics organising committee and former athlete and MP, will lead the ‘Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force’ which will include the former United captain Gary Neville, the mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and the chief executive of Trafford Council Sara Todd.

United will not move away from Old Trafford but will study the options of redeveloping the current ground or building a new one on adjacent land that they already own.

They want a ground capable of staging internationals and finals as well as providing a far more modern stadium than the current version of Old Trafford, which has barely been changed for almost two decades.

Believe it or not – Erik ten Hag has the highest win ratio of any permanent Manchester United manager in history.

With 60 wins from his first 100 games in charge, it’s higher than even Sir Alex Ferguson – who retired with 59.67%.

And Ten Hag believes his percentage could have been even better – had it not been for injuries during his time at Old Trafford.

“Imagine if we had many more players available, not so many setbacks in injuries, it could have been easily 70 or 75 wins and that tells the bright future of this team when players are available,” he said.

“Because if you compare it, you compare it with other managers or other teams who were in a build-up stage, or with previous managers in this big club, then you can see there is a bright future.

“Also, I think it’s a good balance in ages in this squad, where young players, middle-aged players, experienced players together.

“Imagine when they are available. As I said, we could have easily win from 100 games 75 and that’s a big difference I think with the stats you mentioned.”

Everton, winless in 10, also stay unchanged despite also losing 3-1 last weekend, when they were thumped by West Ham at Goodison Park.

Beto will lead the line with Abdoulaye Doucoure playing off him. James Garner and Jack Harrison retain their places in midfield.

So Erik ten Hag keeps the same team who were eventually well beaten in last weekend’s Manchester derby. Marcus Rashford is passed fit and Bruno Fernandes looks set perhaps to play in the false nine role once more.

Northern Irish goalkeeper Dermot Mee makes the bench.

Pickford; Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Onana, Garner, McNeil; Doucoure, Beto.

Subs: Virginia, Patterson, Keane, Calvert-Lewin, Young, Gomes, Coleman, Chermiti, Dobbin.

Onana; Dalot, Varane, Evans, Lindelof; Casemiro, Mainoo, McTominay; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford.

Subs: Bayindir, Mee, Kambwala, Ogunneye, Amrabat, Collyer, Eriksen, Amad, Antony.

Injuries, injuries, injuries….

So how does Erik ten Hag shuffle his back today?

Sean Dyche remains confident Dominic Calvert-Lewin will find his scoring form again for Everton. The 26-year-old has only scored four goals this season, with the last one coming back in October.

Dyche said: “It’s finding the moment, taking the moment, and he’s well aware of that. No striker has forgotten their record.

“I certainly don’t mention it to him. I just want him to work hard, I want him to play for the team, I want him to get in the right areas. I know the quality he’s got, I know his aerial power, I know he can finish and different types of finishes. And it’ll come.

“It’s believing in what we do, believing in himself and continuing to do the right things. Sometimes you need one that comes off your shin but sometimes you can make it come off your shin by just being alert and alive to things that are bouncing around the box.”

Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been in the headlines this week as he gave an interview to Stick to Football on his time in charge Old Trafford.

Notably, Solskjaer said the decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to United proved to be a mistake for all parties as it required him to change how he asked his team to play.

Solskjaer has revealed how close United came to signing Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham when he was in charge at the club.

But United’s hope of the Premier League gaining an extra Champions League spot in next season’s revamped competition have been dealt a blow following a poor night of results in Europe this week.

The Champions League is being expanded to a 36-team tournament from 2024/25 and two of the extra four places will be awarded to countries whose teams perform best in this season’s European competitions.

As confirmed by Uefa on their website, England currently sits third in the race, behind Italy and Germany, which would mean Serie A and the Bundesliga receive a fifth Champions League place next season.

The margin between Germany and England has widened following Thursday’s Europa League results.