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Manchester United together with Manchester City will remember those affected of the Manchester synagogue attack prior to their top-flight fixtures over the coming days.

However, tributes will not be routinely held across the Premier League and EFL for Thursday's incident where two individuals lost their lives with three more wounded.

Specific Tributes Planned

Man Utd squad members will wear black armbands and hold 60 seconds of quiet prior to their game versus Sunderland at their home ground on Saturday, while the female squad will follow suit at their Women's Super League match against Chelsea Friday evening.

Speaking at a press briefing Friday, United men's manager the team's manager said: "It is a crazy world currently, lot of big things happened, sympathy to victims, we will pay tribute tomorrow."

Man Utd's youth as well as under-21 sides will also wear black armbands in their games.

City will also wear black armbands as they visit Brentford's ground on Sunday and have agreed with the home team to hold a moment's silence before kick-off.

Additional Context

A commemoration had been arranged by Brentford in memory of their head of academy goalkeeping Christopher Ramsey, who died on Wednesday due to illness.

The club have agreed to change the tribute from clapping to a quiet moment due to the seriousness of Thursday's attack.

Man City's women's team will also pay their respects prior to their WSL game against Arsenal this Saturday.

It is understood both the Premier League and the Football League are backing any team seeking to honor the victims.

Past Precedents

On the first weekend of the campaign, a Premier League-wide period of quiet took place before all top-flight matches to remember a Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother his brother after their deaths in a car crash abroad.

However, Premier League sources indicate the organisation has, for some time moved away from the idea of having blanket silences for non-football issues, even though it has supported campaigns against bias.

It comes after the FA announced that Wembley's arch would only illuminate for football and entertainment per updated guidelines in November 2023.

The decision followed criticism after the arch remained unlit with Israel's colors following the assaults by the group in which 1,200 people were killed.

Previously, the Premier League, the Football League and Football Association faced allegations of inconsistency for not observing tributes for 50 people killed in the temple assaults abroad.

Premier League teams previously donned black armbands with the French anthem performed after November 2015's Paris attacks.