Manchester United are investigating how gamers’ boots ended up getting misplaced earlier than their essential Ladies’s Champions League qualifier in Norway on Thursday.
United officers had to purchase substitute boots from a neighborhood store after discovering some had gone lacking on the journey to Bergen.
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The boots’ absence was not observed till the day of the sport as United had skilled at Carrington earlier than departure.
Native media studies in Bergen stated the membership rang the Torshov Sport store earlier than arriving at 16:30 native time forward of the 19:00 kick-off and acquired between 13 and 15 pairs of trainers and 20 units of shin guards.
Marc Skinner’s aspect misplaced the primary leg as they appear to safe a spot in the primary draw for the primary time of their historical past.
United midfielder Lisa Naalsund, who’s from Bergen, confirmed to TV2 after the match she had requested her mom to deliver some boots to the stadium.
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“There have been a couple of sneakers that disappeared,” she stated. “We have not fairly found out the place they’re but. It was proper earlier than we went to the stadium so there was a little bit of chaos.”
United had taken a constitution flight to Norway from Manchester for ease of journey given they’ve a Ladies’s Tremendous League journey to London Metropolis Lionesses on Sunday.
“A bag containing a few of our gamers’ boots went lacking in the course of the journey to Bergen,” stated a United spokesperson.
“We’re investigating how this occurred.
“Within the meantime, we secured new boots of the correct make and sizes for all of the affected gamers.”
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