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Ruben Amorim has named his Manchester United side to face Arsenal in our Premier League opener.
The Reds are without Andre Onana, who missed the entire pre-season campaign due to injury.
So Altay Bayindir is in goal, against the club he produced a Man of the Match performance against in last term’s FA Cup third-round success at the Emirates Stadium.
Fans will have to wait to see Benjamin Sesko’s debut, as he is on the bench, but both Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha start.
Mason Mount is rewarded for an impressive display in the Snapdragon Cup against Fiorentina with a place as one of the two no.10s, Matthijs de Ligt edges Harry Maguire out of the middle of defence and Diogo Dalot is preferred to Amad in the right wing-back slot.
Joshua Zirkzee is fit enough to be among the substitutes, following his lay-off, but there is no Rasmus Hojlund in the matchday squad.
“It is going to be like this during the season,” Amorim told MUTV. “We have more options, we have to choose the right players for each game. Sometimes, it’s not just thinking about 11 guys that start the game and imagine how we are going to finish the game and win the game.
“They are in moments of a few training sessions for Josh and, with Sesko, he changed his life in one week. We tried to choose the best team to start and then, during the game, we will see.”
Speaking to Sky Sports, Ruben added on the absence of Onana and Hojlund: “It’s an option, it’s an option. We try to choose the best players for each game.
“Next week is a different life. This week, we chose these players. [Andre] recovered but the other guys did so well during pre-season, so I need to balance that.”
THE TEAMS
United: Bayindir; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Dalot, Casemiro, Fernandes (c), Dorgu; Mbeumo, Mount; Cunha.
Substitutes: Heaton, Fredricson, Heaven, Maguire, Mainoo, Ugarte, Amad, Sesko, Zirkzee.
Arsenal: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.
Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Lewis-Skelly, Mosquera, Timber, Merino, Havertz, Madueke, Nwaneri, Trossard.
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