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IS VAR BIASED: MANCHESTER UNITED SEEK HOWARD WEBB SUMMIT OVER RECENT MAJOR MISTAKES

Are Manchester United being treated unfairly? Club bosses Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox are set for crisis talks with Howard Webb.

Is VAR Biased: Manchester United Seek Howard Webb Summit Over Recent Major Mistakes
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After a few questionable calls, Manchester United wants to chat with Howard Webb, the head of the refs, in the new year.

According to sources, people at the club think they've gotten a raw deal on some big calls this season.

So, they're planning to meet with Webb, who's in charge of PGMO, to talk things out.

Even though the manager, Ruben Amorim, isn't part of this, folks at Old Trafford are more and more annoyed by what they see as more mistakes that might've cost the team points. Right now, they're in sixth place.

Back in October, we reported that Webb told United that it was wrong not to send off Brentford’s Nathan Collins when they played.

Collins should've gotten a red card for pulling back Bryan Mbeumo in the box, which stopped a sure goal. United ended up losing that game 3-1. The CEO, Omar Berrada, and technical director, Jason Wilcox, asked Webb for an explanation.

Sources say that Man U officials think they've been on the bad end of some rough calls a few times this season, and that's why they want to get together with Webb.

In October, we mentioned that Webb told United that it was a mistake not to give Brentford’s Nathan Collins a red card for fouling Bryan Mbeumo in the box.

Since then, there have been other times when United felt like they were treated unfairly. In their tie with West Ham, they think Aaron Wan-Bissaka should've gotten a second yellow card from the ref, Andrew Kitchen, for a late tackle. Also, when they won 4-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers, a handball by Emmanuel Agbadou was looked at by VAR, but the ref, Michael Salisbury, wasn't told to change his call.

Word is that PGMO has said to United that those were all mistakes by the refs.

Still, club execs have had it and are getting frustrated with what they see as ongoing problems and no fixes.

At the meeting with Webb, they want answers because they feel like they've had enough.

EX-CAPTAIN NEVILLE CLAIMS SUBSTITUTIONS MADE MANCHESTER UNITED "WORSE" AGAINST WOLVES

Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim’s "weird" substitutions and tactical shifts after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bottom-side Wolves.

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Gary Neville said that the performance of Manchester United in their match against winless Wolves was ‘the baddest of the bad.’

United would have moved fourth in the league with a win at Old Trafford last night, although Wolves, who had two points in 18 games before kickoff, ended their record of 11 straight losses with a 1-1 draw.

Amorim’s team had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by a League Two team, Grimsby, in August, but Neville was convinced that United had hit rock bottom in a game that could have been even more one-sided were it not for two important saves by Senne Lammens.

“That was the baddest of the bad," the former United captain declared on the Gary Neville podcast.

“They weren’t just booed off at the final whistle. The fans waited in the stadium to continue to boo them. They’ve gone backwards.”

United had won at Newcastle 1-0 on Boxing Day, despite being plagued by an injury list that already lacked skipper Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as three players on African Cup of Nations duty.

But they remained flat right from the first whistle, and the header by Ladislav Krejci just before the half bottled Joshua Zirkzee's deflected shot.

Amorim’s formation choice of 3-4-3 was brought into focus once more as the Portuguese opted to go back to his preferred tactic of four at the back against Newcastle.

“This isn’t right. I’ve watched enough of United over the last five or six weeks to know what looks right and what isn’t right,” Neville had declared 20 minutes into his commentary on Sky Sports.

“Because, when I see that we go back (to three at the back) after five minutes tonight, I’m thinking, no, Ruben, why have you done that?

"The manager has to look at that and think, I got that wrong. I complicated it."

However, Amorim decided to substitute Zirkzee at halftime and brought on an 18-year-old Jack Fletcher, who made his third appearance at the senior level.

Regarding substitutions made by Amorim, Neville further added, “They made Manchester United worse. Every single substitution was ridiculous.”

‘If Zirkzee was injured, and it was a tactical substitution, that was a very poor one.’ But Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, not by a long shot, and he had to get out there for physicality, for presence, for experience.”

SEE LISANDRO MARTINEZ’S FURIOUS REACTION AFTER MAN UTD’S SHOCK WOLVES DRAW

Lisandro Martinez demands more after Man Utd’s 1-1 draw with bottom-placed Wolves. United ended 2025 sixth in the Premier League.

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Martinez slams United’s tactical mistakes

Stand-in captain Lisandro Martinez was mad that Manchester United dropped points against Wolves, who are at the bottom of the league.

United came into the last game of 2025 after a good win against Newcastle on Boxing Day and were expected to easily beat Wolves.

Joshua Zirkzee scored first for United, but they didn't take their chances. Ladislav Krejci's header tied the game for Wolves, 1-1.

It was only their third point in 19 games, and it stopped their 11-game losing streak. United fans booed at the end of the game.

When Martinez was asked if it felt like a disappointing point, he said, 100 percent.

We are very disappointed. We can't keep drawing or losing points at home. We have to win.

We want to be at the top, competing with the best.

We can't drop points in games like this. We just have to accept it and be hungry for the next game.

Martinez was captain again because Bruno Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.

When United coach Ruben Amorim was asked about injured players for the game against Leeds on Sunday, he didn't give much away. Leeds are really wanting to beat United for the first time since 2010.

Martinez said to MUTV, You can either make excuses, or you can be strong and say, 'We're dropping points, so we need to go for the next one and show what we can do.'

We need to work together and do the easy things to get the three points.

United is in sixth place in the league at the end of 2025, only two points behind Liverpool for the last Champions League spot. Liverpool has a game in hand.

They could be in a better position if they had been better in both boxes. Leeds has been playing well lately, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin doing great up front.

Martinez added, It's about us. I don't like to think about other teams.

I'm thinking about what we can do to get better as a team every day, and we have to learn from this game.

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