Introducing Inside Old Trafford

From exclusive insight to transfer tales, Samuel Luckhurst will bring you the inside scoop from Old Trafford

For the best part of two years, I have lifted the lid on covering Manchester United via my newsletter through the Manchester Evening News. There has been exclusive insight, titbits from behind the scenes at the club, opinion and additional context on stories.

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to have these emails drop into their inbox. It’s been hugely enjoyable, especially shedding light on how us journalists operate. I hope some of the anecdotes have piqued the curiosity of anyone considering a career in the industry.

In order to make the newsletter you know and love bigger and better than ever before, from this week we’ll be moving to a paid subscription model here on Substack.

For just £20 for an entire year, you’ll get even more exclusive views and insight into what is actually going on at Old Trafford, from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 25% investment in the club and what direction he will move it in, like this piece here, to Erik ten Hag’s future, Q&As with myself and guests, and the chance to be part of a growing community of people who are passionate about Manchester United. Plus, you’ll be helping to support quality journalism at the same time.

We know this might come as a surprise, but we truly believe what we have in store for you will be worth it.

We also want to hear from you - to know what’s working, what’s not, and what you would like to see even more of. This newsletter wouldn’t exist without the passionate community of United fans, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, please email us at mensubstack@reachplc.com.

Once the newsletter is up and running and in a routine, we’ll be using the special chat and messaging features to take your views on all things United happening inside and outside Old Trafford.

I look forward to hearing from you and providing some extra insight from inside Old Trafford as the season progresses.

Samuel and the MEN