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Manchester United together with Manchester City will pay tribute to those affected of the Manchester synagogue attack prior to their Premier League fixtures this weekend.

Yet, honors are not set to be regularly observed across the Premier League or EFL for Thursday's incident in which two people died and three others were injured.

Specific Tributes Planned

United players will wear black armbands and hold a minute's silence before their match versus Sunderland at their home ground on Saturday, whereas the women's team will do the same in their WSL fixture against Chelsea Friday evening.

During a press briefing on Friday, United men's manager the team's manager stated: "We live in turbulent times currently, many significant events have occurred, sympathy to victims, we'll honor them tomorrow."

United's under-18 and U21 teams will likewise don black armbands in their games.

Man City are also set to sport dark bands when they travel to Brentford's ground this Sunday and have agreed with the Bees to hold a period of quiet before kick-off.

Additional Background

An observance had been arranged by the Bees to honor their academy goalkeeping coach 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.

Manchester City women will also pay their respects prior to their WSL game facing Arsenal on Saturday.

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

Historical Precedents

During the opening round of the campaign, a league-wide period of quiet took place before all top-flight matches in memory of Liverpool forward the athlete along with his sibling his brother following their passing in a vehicle accident in Spain.

However, Premier League sources indicate the organisation has long moved away from implementing blanket silences for external events, even though it has previously embraced anti-discrimination initiatives.

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

This move came after backlash after the arch remained unlit in the colours of the Israel flag after the October 7 attacks by Hamas where 1,200 people were killed.

Previously, the Premier League, EFL and Football Association were accused of "double standards" for not observing tributes for 50 people killed in the temple assaults abroad.

Top-flight clubs had worn dark bands with the French anthem performed following the Paris incidents.