Arsenal star announces departure as Gary Neville says he feels 'sorry' for Man Utd ace

The 2023/24 Premier League season has drawn to a close. Manchester City made history by picking up their fourth title in a row - what are the rest of the teams in the division doing to bolster their squads?

A former Manchester United man has expressed his sympathy for a current member of the squad - meanwhile, an Arsenal defender has announced that he will be leaving the club.

Gary Neville ‘feels sorry’ for Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund

Ex-Manchester United stalwart has expressed his sympathy for Rasmus Hojlund, lambasting his obvious confusion at United’s directionless style of play.

In The Overlap’s newsletter, Neville penned [via The Metro]: “Watching [Rasmus] Hojlund, I felt sorry for him. You talk about the difficulty United have had putting out a consistent back four this season. But it’s the same up front. Hojlund doesn’t know what the pattern of play is, whether the wide player is going to go to the line or come inside.

“You can see he’s making good runs all the time and then the wide man will come back inside and there will be a 15-pass sequence. Another time he’ll drop in and try to join in with that and that will inevitably be the time the wide man decides to get to the line and cross it. Until United can establish a consistent pattern of play, being centre forward in that team will be an impossible job.”

Cedric Soares announces Arsenal departure

Cedric Soares has announced that he will be leaving Arsenal after four years with the Gunners. All in all, he made 36 appearances for Arsenal, scoring a single goal along the way - he has also turned out for outfits such as Southampton, Sporting CP and Inter Milan.

On his official X (formerly Twitter) page, Cedric wrote: “What a team and what a club. When I say a team, I mean exactly that, quality in every player, the professionalism that you show and the amazing human beings you guys are, so thank you!”