Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

The financial constraints around Manchester United are well known and are expected to lead them on a post-season trip to Malaysia and Hong Kong.

United are about to embark on another round of redundancies but head coach Ruben Amorim has accepted the first-team group bear responsibility for driving up revenues.

One way of doing that is playing overseas matches. United are set to return to the United States next summer as part of the Premier League's pre-season tournament, beginning in late July, after the Club World Cup has concluded.

However, while nothing is signed off just yet, it is almost certain United will head to the Far East immediately after their Premier League campaign finishes for two games, against opposition yet to be agreed.

There is a window of a week between the last match against Aston Villa on 25 May and the Champions League final on 31 May, after which players have to be released for international duty.

Tottenham and Newcastle both attracted a lot of criticism last season for heading to Australia for a post-season match at a time when the demands placed on players by the congested calendar is a major debating point.

Manchester United has a massive fan base in Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines are their official commercial airline partner. They last played in the country in 2009, and in Hong Kong in 2013.

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On the subject of player criticism...

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says he "can't accept" striker Darwin Nunez's work-rate in his past two games.

The Uruguay international was a second-half substitute in the win over Wolves on 16 February and the draw at Aston Villa on 19 February, when he missed an open goal.

Slot defended Nunez after his miss against Villa but said he allowed his "disappointment" to impact his work-rate.

"I helped him by saying you can miss a chance," Slot said before Wednesday's visit of Newcastle.

"I wasn't only hard on him. But for the second time in a row I wasn't happy with his work effort, against Wolves and against Villa.

"I can't accept if a player doesn't give everything. That is clear. I can accept it once, but twice was a bit too much. That's why I addressed it.

"If you miss a chance, you need to be fighting for the team. I'm not saying he didn't do that at all, but it wasn't the usual Darwin, the one that is loved by the fans. That is mainly because he always works so hard."

Slot said Nunez, who has scored six goals in 35 games in all competitions for Liverpool this season, was "incredible" in training on Monday.

I don't think Beckham took having a boot thrown at him in good spirits either, Mick.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Erik ten Hag has kept out of the limelight since he was sacked as Manchester United manager on 28 October, following the defeat at West Ham.

He has been spending his spare time working on a non-football related project with his brothers.

And, despite various links to jobs in a number of places, including his old club Ajax, he will not be returning until next season.

"I’m not doing anything until the first of July," he told SEG Stories.

"Of course things have come up. But for now until the first of July we just don't do anything.

"Or rather, I am doing a lot. I think it is good look at yourself and reflect and to draw conclusions from that. From there you move on. As long as something comes along that suits me."

England

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Justin Cochrane is to join Thomas Tuchel’s England coaching team.

The 43-year-old will support Three Lions’ camps alongside his full-time role as assistant first-team coach at Brentford.

Cochrane is no stranger to the England set-up, having been a head coach from under-15 through to under-17 level between 2018 to 2021; a period during which he was the youth development phase lead for the men’s national teams.

During his time at the FA, Cochrane also observed the senior squad and was part of the travelling party for the 2019 European Under-21 Championship.

Before joining Brentford in June 2022, the Londoner was head of player development and coaching at Manchester United. He also had coaching roles with Tottenham Hotspur’s Academy and AFC Wimbledon’s first team.

Tuchel has added Cochrane as the final appointment to a support team that includes assistant Anthony Barry, goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilário and performance coach Nicolas Mayer.

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In his chat with SEG Stories' YouTube channel, Erik ten Hag doesn't discuss the detail around his time at Manchester United, what he thinks about Sir Jim Ratcliffe or the rationale behind some of the players he signed for instance.

However, he does reflect on his two-and-a-bit years at Old Trafford with fondness, particularly when it comes to the club's supporters.

"I enjoyed it very much," he said. "English football, the fans. I’ve said it before the fans who are so committed to the club, who are so loyal to the club, who are so dedicated and who are so loyal to the team to our staff, to me as manager. I can only be grateful for that.

"We also gave them something. We gave them two prizes, after six years of drought. I was appreciated and I always felt that when I walked the streets of Manchester."

Enzo Fernandez may still have a little way to go before he justifies his price-tag of £106m but his performances this season have certainly started to show glimmers of why Chelsea paid such big money for his services.

According to Squawka, he became the first player to create 5+ chances, win 5+ duels and win possession 5+ times in a Premier League game multiple times this season.

As well as doing so last night, he also produced those stats in the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth last month.

His touch map below also highlights just how big of an impact he had on the game. He was just about everywhere bar in the sticks with a pair of gloves on during the evening.

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There was a small anti-ownership protest from Chelsea fans prior to yesterday's victory over Southampton.

A couple of hundred fans gathered to air their frustrations about co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, who bought the club in 2022.

There were chants of "we want our Chelsea back" while the name of former owner Roman Abramovich was also sung.

Numerous banners were also on display too, with one reading "Wanted for crimes against Chelsea - Clearlake [and] BlueCo."

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Former Chelsea & Fulham goalkeeper on Football Daily

The thing about Cole Palmer, we see it time and time again, we saw it a lot last season, is that nothing fazes him.

It's like 'ok it didn't work. I didn't have a good game. I didn't take my chances, so what, onto the next one'.

That's the thing about him and that's why I'm not concerned about him because he's so good a player, has such good quality, it'll come.

Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on Football Daily

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All Cole Palmer needs is one goal. Once he gets one goal he'll be back on it again.

Even the best players, he is one of the best players there is in the Premier League, can suffer what he's going through at the moment but do you know what I like about him? He still gets in there.

It's when you start hiding and not getting in there. He still wants to get in there and create chances, he still says 'give me the ball' and once he gets one he'll go on a good run again.

What do you make of former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag's comments about current players being affected more by criticism?

He claimed that his generation had much thicker skin than the current one.

Do you agree with the Dutchman? Or is he being harsh in what he says?

You know the drill by now, let us know by getting in touch in the usual way.

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Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has given a fascinating interview with the SEG Stories You Tube channel.

He talks about his managerial philosophy rather than what went wrong at Old Trafford which led to his dismissal.

There is no mention of his high-profile bust-ups with Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford.

However, he does talk about the difficulty players have in the modern world, and the more delicate way managers have to deal with them.

"The player's well-being. How does he deal with media? How does he deal with fan reactions? How does he deal with social media in this world? All of that influences a player, sometimes positively, sometimes negatively," said Ten Hag.

"This generation for example they usually find it difficult to deal with criticism. Criticism really gets to them.

"The generation that I grew up in had much thicker skin. You could be much more direct with that generation.

"I was approached much more directly. If I would do that with my current group of players I would demotivate them."

Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on Football Daily

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Danny Welbeck - it's like he's getting better with age. He just keeps going and going.

At the start of the season he was on fire, picked up a few injuries and that has always been the story with Danny and his career, picking up injuries at the wrong time.

I think he's a fantastic player and he leads by example.

Mark Schwarzer
Former Chelsea & Fulham goalkeeper on Football Daily

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If you look at Jean-Philippe Mateta's record - 24 goals in the Premier League in 39 appearances under Oliver Glasner - before that he had only scored 11 in 80.

It is just something that has clicked. The relationship, the way that they are playing now, Mateta looks a different player.

He has carried on his form from the back end of last season, during the Olympics and then now with Palace again. At times he looks unplayable.