Frank Lampard begins his Everton tenure, ghosts of upsets past for West Ham and a ‘free hit’ for Cambridge
A hugely difficult week for Manchester United ends with them facing one of the form teams in the Championship. Chris Wilder, the Boro manager, has banned his players from swapping shirts with Cristiano Ronaldo, remarking they are not on a “sight-seeing tour”. His last visit to Old Trafford came with Sheffield United, their 2-1 win a rare highlight in a doomed final season, and Wilder has always had a taste for tweaking the nose of the gilded elite. Talking of which, Paul Pogba is fit enough for selection by Ralf Rangnick. Can Rangnick find Pogba a settled role in the team where José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær failed? Or, with the Frenchman’s contract ticking down towards a free transfer, will the interim manager even try? “He might even be in the starting XI,” Rangnick said on Thursday, though Pogba would not seem an ideal fit for Rangnick’s prescribed style. JB
Manchester United v Middlesbrough, Friday 8pm (all times GMT)
Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle, Saturday 12.30pm
Kidderminster v West Ham, Saturday 12.30pm
Everton v Brentford, Saturday 3pm
