Man Utd dash to sports shop before kick-off to replace missing boots

Manchester United are investigating really players' boots ended up getting mislaid earlier their important Women's Champions League qualifier successful Norway connected Thursday.

United officials had to bargain replacement boots from a section shop aft discovering immoderate had gone missing connected nan travel to Bergen.

The boots' absence was not noticed until nan time of nan crippled arsenic United had trained astatine Carrington earlier departure.

Club officials arrived astatine nan Torshov Sport shop little than 3 hours earlier kick-off astatine 16:30 section clip and bought 15 pairs of boots and 20 sets of shin guards.

"We are a large shop but they were very fortunate we had capable boots successful banal that were nan correct size," shop proprietor Andre Gullord told BBC Sport.

"They paid betwixt £200 and £230 for each brace of boots and £30 for nan shin guards.

"We person had nan overseas subordinate travel successful because they person near their boots down but ne'er nan full team."

He added: "Maybe we should person told them we only had boots pinch nary studs to thief nan section team!"

At Gullord's estimate, nan unscheduled shopping spree would person costs conscionable nether £4,000.

Marc Skinner's broadside mislaid nan first limb 1-0 to SK Brann arsenic they look to unafraid a spot successful nan main tie for nan first clip successful their history.

United midfielder Lisa Naalsund, who is from Bergen, confirmed to TV2 aft nan lucifer she had asked her mother to bring immoderate boots to nan stadium.

"There were a fewer shoes that disappeared," she said. "We haven't rather figured retired wherever they are yet. It was correct earlier we went to nan stadium truthful location was a spot of chaos."

United had taken a charter formation to Norway from Manchester for easiness of recreation fixed they person a Women's Super League travel to London City Lionesses connected Sunday.

"A container containing immoderate of our players' boots went missing during nan travel to Bergen," said a United spokesperson.

"We are investigating really this happened.

"In nan meantime, we secured caller boots of nan correct make and sizes for each nan affected players."