Goldbridge Tells Two Man Utd Stars To Hand In Transfer Requests After Forest Draw

Manchester United fan and The United Stand presenter Mark Goldbridge has picked out two players he believes should hand in transfer requests after United’s 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest.

Casemiro put United ahead 10 minutes before the break in Sean Dyche’s first home league game at the City Ground helm on Saturday afternoon.

However, a quickfire Forest double through Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona turned the game on its head.

United managed to rescue a point through Amad but the result ended the Manchester side’s three-game winning run and means supporter Frank Ilett is back to square one in his haircut crusade.

Illet vowed to not cut his hair until United win five games in a row, and has let his hair grow out for over a year.

Amorim left a host of stars on the bench

Goldbridge, meanwhile, has picked out two unused subs that he feels should look to force a move away from the club in the New Year.

Head coach Ruben Amorim made two subs in the second half in the Midlands at the weekend, with Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui introduced for Diogo Dalot and Leny Yoro, respectively, as United chased a result.

Mason Mount, Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte both spent the full 90 on the bench, with Goldbridge of the opinion that both Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee should lodge transfer requests after they failed to get on in Nottingham.

“If you're Mainoo and Zirkzee you may as well put a transfer request in if you can't get on in a game like this,” Goldbridge posted on X shortly before full time at Forest.

A lack of European and domestic cup action means both Mainoo and Zirkzee have struggled for regular minutes this season.

Mainoo and Zirkzee have struggled for minutes

Indeed, Mainoo has been restricted to just 138 minutes of game time across seven sub appearances in the Premier League, while his only start came in the EFL Cup second round penalty shootout defeat to Grimsby in August.

Zirkzee has fared worse, making just four outings from the bench and registered 82 minutes top-flight action. The Dutchman is yet to start a match in the 2025/26 campaign.

Mainoo had looked to force a move away from Old Trafford over the summer as he looked to garner regular game time having fallen behind Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro and Ugarte in the pecking order.

However, United failed to bring in a new central midfielder, and his departure was blocked by the club.

Even so, Mainoo is expected to leave United in January, with a loan switch to Napoli – where he’d link up with ex-United stars Scott McTominay, Rasmus Hojlund and Romelu Lukaku – mooted.

Zirkzee is also tipped for a January exit with a return to Italy on the cards having been linked with a switch to Roma. Premier League side West Ham have also been credited with an interest in the former Bologna hitman.