straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United shelved plans for a move for Atletico Madrid right-back Kieran Trippier this month amid uncertainty over the outcome of his worldwide ban for breaching betting rules.Trippier, 30, was given a 10-week ban and fined £70,000 by the Football Association on December 23 but the suspension has been put on hold, pending an appeal, and Trippier started in Atletico's 2-0 win over Sevilla on Tuesday night.The MEN understands Trippier's suspension scuppered a potential mid-season move to United, who remain admirers of the England international.
Bury-born Trippier has entered the last 18 months of his United contract and the prospect of a move to his boyhood club appeals to the former City youth.
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