Liverpool players have ‘taken the knee’ in a message of support following the homicide of black citizen George Floyd in police custody in America.
29 Reds players gathered in the centre circle during training at Anfield yesterday.
Manchester United pair Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford have added their voices to the worldwide protests against racism.
The entire squad knelt in Anfield’s centre circle ahead of today’s training session in a powerful show of support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Unity is strength: https://t.co/2BN18U4jIY pic.twitter.com/oVE5RgNMmh
— Liverpool FC (at 🏠) (@LFC) June 1, 2020
Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo has extended his Manchester United loan deal until January of next year.
He joined on loan from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua at the beginning of this year.