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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has confirmed that new signing Joshua Zirkzee is able to play a component within the Group Protect tomorrow afternoon.
As winners of the FA Cup, United may have the possibility to win the primary piece of silverware of the season once they tackle league winners Manchester Metropolis tomorrow afternoon at Wembley.
The Crimson Devils have to this point introduced in two new gamers however Zirkzee is the one one accessible to play tomorrow as Leny Yoro picked up a severe damage on tour and will likely be out for round three months.
Due to this fact, United followers will solely probably get to see Zirkzee in motion however there was additionally some concern whether or not or not he can be concerned as he solely began coaching with the group this week.
Ten Hag revealed in an interview with Dutch channel Viaplay that the ahead was not as far alongside in his health as nearly all of the workforce, inserting doubt on his availability for tomorrow.
In a current interview nonetheless, Ten Hag affirmed that there’s a good probability we’ll see United’s new quantity 11 in motion tomorrow for the very first time.
Talking to Manchester United’s official web site Ten Hag was requested if he thought Zirkzee may function and he replied, “oh yeah, I feel he can and he’s actually hungry to do that as a result of he’s trying ahead to (it).”
The previous Ajax coach additionally claimed that the 23 12 months previous is thrilled to begin his Premier League and Manchester United profession and is raring to go.
“He’s additionally very excited to return into the Premier League and to return into Manchester United.”
Ten Hag additionally said that making his debut at an enviornment like Wembley can also be a motivating issue for the previous Bologna man. He stated, “then on the primary event, go to Wembley in fact, extremely motivated, that’s for certain.”
The United supervisor did reign in expectations nonetheless by claiming the participant wasn’t completely match match by reaffirming what he had stated in his earlier interview by stating, “but additionally he’s brief in coaching and so he had a break. He skilled individually and now we’ve had a few days coaching with the group.”
Due to this fact, if he begins, it might be a shock if he bought greater than 60 minutes or maybe he’ll come on as a second half substitute. Both method, it appears to be like very seemingly we’ll see Zirkzee don the well-known colors for the very first time tomorrow.
Raring to go 🔥
Erik says Josh Zirkzee is match to function on Saturday 👊#MUFC || #CommunityShield
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 9, 2024
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