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Saturday 19 July 2025 12:45
Summer signings Matheus Cunha and Diego Leon both start for Manchester United in this afternoon’s opening friendly of the summer, against Leeds in Stockholm.
The 14:00 BST kick-off at the Strawberry Arena will be broadcast live on MUTV and is your first chance to see new boys Cunha and Leon in action, as they have been named in a strong-looking Reds XI.
With Andre Onana back at Carrington having sustained a small issue, it’s Altay Bayindir who gets the nod in goal, in front of an expected back three of Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt and Luke Shaw.
If it is to be Ruben Amorim’s preferred 3-4-2-1 system this afternoon, it seems likely that Amad and summer recruit Leon will occupy the wing-back roles, flanking a deep-lying midfield duo which is set to feature Casemiro and Toby Collyer.
That means captain Bruno Fernandes looks poised to begin as one of our two attacking midfielders, alongside Cunha, and behind young striker Chido Obi, who scored twice in our last outing against Hong Kong, China back in May.
The bench features the other 18 players that have made the trip to the Swedish capital as members of Ruben Amorim’s squad, a healthy mix of experienced first-team performers and budding Academy talents.
That latter group includes defender Godwill Kukonki and forward Ethan Williams who are both set to debut new squad numbers this afternoon – Kukonki was previously 87 but will wear 72 this season, while Williams has gone from 73 to 56.
THE TEAMS
United: Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Collyer, Leon; Fernandes (c), Cunha; Obi.
Substitutes: Heaton, Mee, Dalot, Dorgu, Fredricson, Heaven, Kukonki, Maguire, Munro, Yoro, J.Fletcher, Kone, Mainoo, Mount, Ugarte, Hojlund, Mantato, Williams.
Leeds: Darlow, Bogle, Ampadu (c), Rodon, Nmecha, Bijol, Tanaka, Byram, Gnonto, Harrison, Gruev.
Substitutes: Meslier, Cairns, Mahady, Gudmundsson, Struijk, James, Longstaff, Piroe, Ramazani, Bornauw, Chambers, Gray, Chadwick, Crew.
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