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(3-4-3) Manchester United XI vs Arsenal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League
(3-4-3) Manchester United XI vs Arsenal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League
Bruno Fernandes will be available for Manchester United’s Premier League encounter against Arsenal on Wednesday, and Leny Yoro is expected to make his matchday squad debut.
After being substituted out of Sunday’s 4-0 thumping of Everton at Old Trafford, Fernandes, the Red Devils’ key captain, was seen with ice on his ankle on the bench, raising questions about his health.
“Maybe Leny Yoro is going to be in the squad,” Amorim said. “I felt that he is in a good moment now, his fitness is better, so I think he’s going to be in the squad.
“I think he’s a special talent. We have to be careful in this first moment because we didn’t have too many trainings together, so he is training not alone but with a small group of players.
“He’s really fast, he’s a modern defender, and that is good when you want to press high and you leave a lot of strikers, especially in this league, one against one. I think he can manage that. He is very good with the ball, so I am very excited.
“We have to careful, we have to manage the load and the minutes in the beginning, but I am really excited to see Leny Yoro playing.”
United will not have either Lisandro Martinez or Kobbie Mainoo available against Arsenal, after both players were cautioned for the fifth time this season against Everton on Sunday, leading to an automatic one-match ban.
Martinez’s absence, Yoro being unlikely to start and the recent knocks sustained by both Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans should mean that Harry Maguire comes into Amorim’s back three in north London alongside Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, having returned from his own calf issue at the weekend following almost two months on the sidelines.
Luke Shaw is another potential option having been subbed into a back-three role in all of Amorim’s three matches in charge so far. Mainoo made his first start under the new boss against Everton alongside Casemiro, who has started both league matches under Amorim to date.
Manuel Ugarte could well partner the Brazilian on Wednesday to give United a more robust midfield look, though Amorim also has the likes of Christian Eriksen and Mason Mount available. He also played Fernandes in a deeper role in the Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt last week.
Amad Diallo impressed again on Sunday and should keep his wing-back role along with rumoured Real Madrid transfer target Diogo Dalot, while it would be a surprise to see either Marcus Rashford or Joshua Zirkzee drop out after they each notched a brace against Everton – though Rasmus Hojlund did likewise in the Europa League and offers an alternative striking option if needed.
“We have to careful, we have to manage the load and the minutes in the beginning, but I am really excited to see Leny Yoro playing.”
United will not have either Lisandro Martinez or Kobbie Mainoo available against Arsenal, after both players were cautioned for the fifth time this season against Everton on Sunday, leading to an automatic one-match ban.
Martinez’s absence, Yoro being unlikely to start and the recent knocks sustained by both Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans should mean that Harry Maguire comes into Amorim’s back three in north London alongside Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, having returned from his own calf issue at the weekend following almost two months on the sidelines.
Luke Shaw is another potential option having been subbed into a back-three role in all of Amorim’s three matches in charge so far. Mainoo made his first start under the new boss against Everton alongside Casemiro, who has started both league matches under Amorim to date.
Manuel Ugarte could well partner the Brazilian on Wednesday to give United a more robust midfield look, though Amorim also has the likes of Christian Eriksen and Mason Mount available. He also played Fernandes in a deeper role in the Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt last week.
Amad Diallo impressed again on Sunday and should keep his wing-back role along with rumoured Real Madrid transfer target Diogo Dalot, while it would be a surprise to see either Marcus Rashford or Joshua Zirkzee drop out after they each notched a brace against Everton – though Rasmus Hojlund did likewise in the Europa League and offers an alternative striking option if needed
If Amorim really wanted to make an attacking statement he could always play Fernandes deep and have Rashford and Zirkzee as the dual threat behind Hojlund, but that would be a massively risky approach away from home against such ruthless opponents.
Predicted Manchester United XI: Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Amad, Ugarte, Casemiro, Dalot; Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee
Injured: Lindelof
Doubt: Evans
Suspended: Martinez, Mainoo
Time and date: 8:15pm GMT on Wednesday December 4, 2024
