{"id":40073,"date":"2026-07-22T06:20:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/manchester-uniteds-new-player-causes-controversy-during-training-due-to-comments-made-by-teammates-soccer-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T06:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:20:38","slug":"manchester-uniteds-new-player-causes-controversy-during-training-due-to-comments-made-by-teammates-soccer-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/manchester-uniteds-new-player-causes-controversy-during-training-due-to-comments-made-by-teammates-soccer-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United&#8217;s new player causes controversy during training due to comments made by teammates | Soccer | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Harry Maguire has revealed that Manchester United&#8217;s new signing Andrej Santos has already caused controversy with his behavior in training with the club. The Brazilian replaced Casemiro on a five-year contract after joining from Chelsea for \u00a348m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Santos is officially the first signing of the Michael Carrick era and has already featured for the club, making his appearance in last week&#8217;s friendly against Wrexham. Maguire, who captained the team and played alongside Santos, admitted that he and his teammates were already attracted to the 22-year-old during training sessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Andrei played yesterday, he really impressed us in the first week and I think we signed two great players there,&#8221; he told Sky Sports Golf, also referring to Youri Tielemans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Carrick similarly praised Santos ahead of his first outing with United, adding: &#8220;He&#8217;s settled in really well and he&#8217;s a great character. He&#8217;s settled in quickly and you can see he&#8217;s excited to be here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Santos was substituted at half-time and watched from the sidelines as United lost 1-0 against Wrexham. Despite the disappointing result, Carrick had a lot to say about Santos&#8217; early performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He said, &#8220;There were a lot of little positives from this game. I thought Andrei and Mason (Mount) did some really good things and connected really well. I saw some positives there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;At the top end of the pitch, even though it&#8217;s been a week, those sharp little movements and bright moments that you&#8217;re looking for will come as you go through a few weeks of training and that&#8217;s what it is. There were good signs from Andrei in the first game. He&#8217;s finding his rhythm and feeling again, so it was good to see him in the red shirt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Santos openly expressed his eagerness to give his all and to work with his new teammates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I can also learn a lot from Bruno (Fernandes), so I&#8217;m really looking forward to playing with my teammates: Bruno, Matheus (Cunha), Koby (Mainou), Amad, Diogo (Dalot), Harry (Maguire) and everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/2231569\/Man-Utd-Andrey-Santos-Harry-Maguire\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Maguire has revealed that Manchester United&#8217;s new signing Andrej Santos has already caused controversy with his behavior in training with the club. The Brazilian replaced Casemiro on a five-year contract after joining from Chelsea for \u00a348m. 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