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Man Utd and Manchester City will pay tribute to those affected of the assault at a Manchester temple prior to their Premier League fixtures over the coming days.

Yet, tributes will not be regularly observed across the Premier League or English Football League regarding the event on Thursday in which two people died and three others were injured.

Detailed Tributes Arranged

United players are to sport dark bands and hold a minute's silence before their match versus Sunderland at their home ground this Saturday, while the women's team will do the same in their WSL fixture facing Chelsea on Friday night.

Speaking at his news conference Friday, United men's manager Ruben Amorim said: "We live in turbulent times currently, many significant events have occurred, condolences to those affected, we'll honor them tomorrow."

Man Utd's youth and under-21 sides will likewise don dark armbands in their games.

City are also set to sport black armbands when they travel to Brentford on Sunday and have agreed with the Bees to observe a period of quiet before kick-off.

Additional Context

An observance was already planned by the Bees in memory of their academy goalkeeping coach Christopher Ramsey, who died on Wednesday of bowel cancer.

Brentford has decided to alter the honor from a minute's applause to silence due to the seriousness of Thursday's attack.

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

Reports indicate the top division and EFL will support any team wishing to pay tribute the victims.

Historical Precedents

On the first weekend of the season, a Premier League-wide period of quiet was held 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, insiders have said the organisation has, for some time steered clear of the idea of having universal quiet moments for external events, even though it has previously embraced campaigns against bias.

This follows the Football Association announced that the stadium's arch would only be lit for football and entertainment under a new policy in November 2023.

The decision followed criticism after the arch remained unlit with Israel's colors following the assaults by Hamas in which many lost their lives.

Previously, England's top division, the Football League and FA faced allegations of inconsistency for not holding honors for 50 people killed in the temple assaults abroad.

Top-flight clubs previously donned black armbands and France's national anthem was played after November 2015's Paris attacks.