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Manchester United fixture details confirmed as Jadon Sancho sent damning message

Man Utd head coach Ruben Amorim.
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Manchester United are into the FA Cup fifth round. They beat Leicester City 2-1 on Friday night to progress through to this stage of the competition for the 10th time in 11 years.

While Bobby De Cordova-Reid gave Ruud van Nistelrooy's Foxes the lead before half-time, United turned the game on its head in the second period. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee equalised, in the 68th minute, and Harry Maguire scored a controversial stoppage-time winner.

Ruben Amorim admitted after the game that Maguire's goal shouldn't have stood, with the England player offside when Bruno Fernandes' free-kick was taken. Replays suggested that this was the case - and United were fortunate to progress to the next round at least without the need for extra-time and / or penalties.

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However, United are not going to complain about that and have since found out their fifth round opponents. With that in mind, here are the latest news and headlines surrounding the club;

FA Cup draw

United will face Fulham at home in the fifth round of the FA Cup - following the conclusion of Monday evening's draw. Amorim's side, who have beaten Arsenal and Leicester en route to this stage of the competition, are set to face the Whites on the weekend of March 1-2.

The Manchester Evening News says: Things could have been worse for Amorim and United. They have already beaten Fulham twice this season - both 1-0 - and appear to have the number of Marco Silva's men.

But with Fulham four places and seven points above them in the Premier League table, there is no doubt this is going to be another tough tie for United. The Whites have, also, picked up points against Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Newcastle, Tottenham, Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford this season.

Sancho message

Ex-United goalkeeper Ben Foster says that Jadon Sancho's controversial message to Marcus Rashford "reeks of toxicity" at Old Trafford.

Sancho angered United fans after he posted "freedom" in a comment on Rashford's Instagram post following his debut for Aston Villa against Tottenham on Sunday night.

"What is he doing? That's ridiculous, because he is still actually employed by Manchester United, so is Marcus Rashford," Foster said on Ben Foster - The Cycling GK. "It just reeks of toxicity at United. It reeks of an unhappy place to be, that everybody's buzzing for someone to get out [of the club]."

The Manchester Evening News says: It doesn't look great from Sancho's point of view this. Whether Sancho might know something about Rashford's relationship with Amorim that the public don't know, it's clear that it ended sourly for the Villa loanee, but I am not sure it's the greatest idea for Sancho to air that on social media.