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Amidst sturdy studies that tomorrow shall be Erik ten Hag’s final day in command of Manchester United, the Dutchman himself could possibly be planning one or two huge surprises for the FA Cup closing.
Regardless of the BBC’s Simon Stone insisting no choice has but been made on Ten Hag’s future, switch guru Gianluca Di Marzio, The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg and Viaplay TV pundit Jan Aage Fjortoft have all claimed that INEOS have opted to sack the supervisor no matter tomorrow’s consequence, and that he was knowledgeable of their choice a while in the past.
If true, in some senses this implies he can have nothing to lose when deciding on his line-up for tomorrow’s recreation and it’ll very a lot be a one-off for him. He needn’t fear about accidents, bruised egos and confidence ranges of gamers he selects as he wouldn’t be round to should face any issues when pre-season begins.
In fact, on the finish of the day Ten Hag will wish to exit in a blaze of glory so he’ll choose what he thinks is his strongest XI.
That in fact means Andre Onana in purpose and Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka within the full again slots.
Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia are nonetheless injured and never in rivalry.
At centre again, the dream pairing of Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez is obtainable. Martinez seems to be a certainty to begin, the query is whether or not Varane shall be given the nod after simply 20 minutes towards Brighton. We predict he’ll, in what shall be his final recreation for United.
Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans are different choices, however Harry Maguire has not recovered from damage in time.
Casemiro might additionally proceed to fill in at centre again or could possibly be moved again into central midfield. Nevertheless, a report from The Athletic this night urged that Ten Hag is contemplating dropping him and that quite a few coaching periods have taken place with out him within the XI.
We are able to solely assume that the unconvincing Sofyan Amrabat will proceed within the holding function, with Kobbie Mainoo given licence to roam forward of him.
Mason Mount is match once more and Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen are different choices.
Up entrance, regardless of the superb type of Amad Diallo these days, we’re predicting the shock inclusion of Marcus Rashford on the left wing, with Alejandro Garnacho transferring to the precise. Ten Hag could really feel the event is just too huge for the Ivorian and provides Rashford the large stage to silence his critics and finish his season on a excessive be aware.
Antony may be thought-about.
Bruno Fernandes is bound to begin within the quantity 10 function and Rasmus Hojlund up entrance.
Anthony Martial is match once more however seems to not have been included within the squad. It appears he has performed his final recreation for United.
With all that in thoughts, right here is our predicted XI for the FA Cup Ultimate:
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