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Champions League:Confirmed Manchester United team vs Young Boys, team news, injury update
Champions League:Confirmed Manchester United team vs Young Boys, team news, injury update.
Manchester United fringe players will get a chance to convince Ralf Rangnick when the Red Devils host Young Boys in tonight’s Champions League at Old Trafford.
United have already secured qualification for the next round as they will finish top no matter the outcome of today’s match. Young boys are will look to finish third in Group F as they hope to qualify for the Europa League.
Phil Jones is not available for selection against Young Boys as the defender is not on the 25-man competition list, limiting Rangnick options.
He said after beating Crystal Palace: “The problem is we can only play players who are in the Champions League list.
“For example, Phil Jones, whom I would love to give game time on Wednesday after his long-term injury, unfortunately, he is not on the list, so we have to put our focus on players who will be allowed to play.
“It is possible, I don’t know if we play a completely new 10 players because I don’t know if we have enough players on the list but it’s definitely possible we could play with some new players.”
Rangnick confirmed likes of Dean Henderson and Donny van de Beek will start tonight. Nemanja Matic will captain the team, suggesting rests for Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, and Harry Maguire.
when asked about Varane and Cavani he said “They both cannot play tomorrow but they were part of the training session today.
“Edi even yesterday, for Rapha it the first time that he was on the pitch together with the team.
“If everything goes well, I expect both of them back in full training next week.”
Speaking on Martial’s injury, Rangnick added: “Anthony trained with us on Saturday in the final training session before the Crystal Palace game. Half an hour after training the doctor and medical department informed me that he had some pain in his knee.
“We had a meeting together with the doctor, medical department, and Anthony and we agreed that he should try to recover from that.
“It’s not a fresh injury, it’s symptoms that he had in the past already, so we need to make sure that he is reducing the amount of pain in the next couple of days and hopefully have him back in training again next week.’
Predicted Man United XI: Henderson; Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Lindelof, Telles; Matic, Van de Beek; Mata, Elanga; Greenwood, Rashford.