{"id":95919,"date":"2025-05-12T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95919\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:48:12","slug":"aaron-wan-bissaka-nine-word-message-prompts-six-manchester-united-players-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95919\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Wan-Bissaka nine-word message prompts six Manchester United players to respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Manchester United news as the full-back provided an assist on his first return to Old Trafford since leaving the club.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_Manchester-United-FC-v-West-Ham-United-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Wan Bissaka during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and West Ham United FC at Old Trafford. \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Aaron Wan Bissaka returned to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving Manchester United at the weekend. (Image: Molly Darlington\/Copa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Former <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> full-back <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/aaron-wan-bissaka\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Wan-Bissaka<\/a> returned to Old Trafford over the weekend and made an impact with West Ham United in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> clash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 27-year-old joined the Hammers from United back in the summer, and it was his first time back at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/old-trafford\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Old TraffordLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a> since making the move. The game saw West Ham come out as 2-0 winners thanks to goals from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen either side of half-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wan-Bissaka provided the assist for Bowen\u2019s goal and earned praise for his performance on his return to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After the game, he took to social media to give his response. Sharing pictures from before and during the match on his Instagram page, he wrote: \u201cBig W. Thanks for the warm reception today OT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746603553_354_consent-placeholder.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"\" height=\"90px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The post has been liked by current United players <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony<\/a>, Marcus Rashford, Goodwill Kukonki, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisandro Martinez<\/a>, Andre Onana and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Alejandro Garnacho<\/a>. Former United players David De Gea, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mason Greenwood<\/a>, Willy Kambwala, Alvara Carreras, Sofyan Amrabat, Brandon Williams and Shola Shoretire also liked the post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Following the match, West Ham boss Graham Potter claimed that the full-back is now playing the best football of his career. \u201cHe&#8217;s been really impressive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAs I&#8217;ve said before, I can&#8217;t say this categorically because I don&#8217;t know Aaron&#8217;s career, but I can&#8217;t imagine he&#8217;s played as well [before] as he has for us at this point in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe looks like he&#8217;s enjoying his football. He gives a lot to the team, really pleased with what he&#8217;s giving to the team offensively and defensively. As I said, it looks like he&#8217;s enjoying his football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAnd that&#8217;s not easy because the results we&#8217;ve had haven&#8217;t been that enjoyable. But nevertheless, his individual performances have been strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During his five years at Old Trafford, Wan Bissaka played a total of 190 times for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">United<\/a>, scoring two goals and providing 13 assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here at the Manchester Evening News, we\u2019re dedicated to bringing you the best Manchester United coverage and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Make sure you don\u2019t miss out on the latest United news by joining our free WhatsApp group. 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Our shows are available on all podcast platforms, including <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6Rf3zHSgSYkYIA4zaYPz5y\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SpotifyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=76202X1528180&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fmanchester-is-red-manchester-united-podcast%2Fid1264579243&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Fhes-ready-man-united-already-31228583\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Apple PodcastsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/strong>, and you can also watch along on <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ManUtd_MEN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"YouTubeLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Manchester United news as the full-back provided an assist on his first return to Old Trafford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[36795,748,393,4884,2465,423,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-95919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-aaron-wan-bissaka","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united-fc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114496125497960877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}