Amorim names team to take on Gunners

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.

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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