The club was formed as Newton Heath LYR in 1878 by workers from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Renamed Manchester United in 1902, the club won its first English league championship in 1907–08.

However, the Glazer family, who have owned the club for almost two decades, remain in overall charge.

Instead this was because of the huge volume of precipitation that fell which entered a siphonic roof drainage system and caused this to overflow.

The 31-year-old centre-back made a big-money switch to the Old Trafford outfit in 2021 after a medal-laden decade at Real Madrid. Injuries have restricted Varane to 93 appearances in his three seasons at United, who the defender will be leaving upon the expiry of his contract this summer.