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Man Utd and Man City are set to honor those affected of the Manchester synagogue attack before their Premier League fixtures over the coming days.

Yet, tributes will not be regularly observed throughout England's top division and English Football League regarding Thursday's incident where two individuals lost their lives with three more wounded.

Detailed Honors Arranged

United players will wear black armbands and hold 60 seconds of quiet prior to their game versus Sunderland at their home ground on Saturday, whereas the women's team will do the same in their WSL fixture against Chelsea on Friday night.

Speaking at a press briefing Friday, Man Utd's head coach the team's manager stated: "It is a crazy world currently, many significant events have occurred, sympathy to victims, we will pay tribute tomorrow."

Man Utd's youth as well as U21 teams will also wear black armbands in their games.

City are also set to sport dark bands as they visit Brentford this Sunday and have coordinated with the home team to observe a period of quiet prior to the start.

Further Background

A commemoration was already planned by the Bees in memory of their head of academy goalkeeping a staff member, who passed away recently of bowel cancer.

The club has decided to alter the honor from clapping to silence given the gravity of the recent assault.

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

Reports indicate both the Premier League and the Football League will support any club wishing to pay tribute those affected.

Past Examples

On the first weekend of the campaign, a Premier League-wide moment of silence was held before all top-flight matches in memory of a Liverpool player the athlete and his brother his brother after their deaths in a vehicle accident in Spain.

Nonetheless, Premier League sources indicate the organisation has long moved away from the idea of having blanket silences for non-football issues, although it has supported anti-discrimination initiatives.

It comes after the Football Association announced that Wembley's arch would only be lit for football and entertainment under a new policy last year.

This move followed criticism when the arch was not lit in the colours of the Israel flag after the October 7 attacks by Hamas where many lost their lives.

Four years earlier, England's top division, the Football League and FA were accused of "double standards" for not holding tributes for 50 people killed in the temple assaults abroad.

Premier League teams had worn black armbands and France's national anthem was played after November 2015's Paris attacks.