Jamie Carragher reveals his Man Utd XI under Ruben Amorim with three bold calls

Incoming Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has favoured a 3-4-3 set-up successful Lisbon with Sporting, but there've been questions implicit whether United's players suit specified a system

Jamie Carragher suggested Ruben Amorim could beryllium tempted to determination players retired of their earthy positions arsenic helium attempts to enforce his preferred 3-4-3 enactment astatine Manchester United,

Amorim is due to instrumentality implicit astatine Old Trafford during the planetary break aft presumption were agreed with Portuguese league leaders Sporting CP. The 39-year-old has impressed with his adventurous set-up successful Lisbon, with his squad scoring 35 goals and conceding conscionable 3 successful their archetypal 10 matches this term, and he's expected to effort to use the aforesaid enactment astatine Old Trafford.

United spent large implicit the summer, bringing successful £200m worthy of caller signings nether Erik 10 Hag, but Carragher believes determination volition beryllium nary spot for astatine slightest 1 of those caller recruits. Joshua Zirkzee has been successful and retired of the broadside since his £36m determination from Bologna successful July, and Carragher believes there's nary spot for the Dutchman successful Amorim's preferred set-up.

The erstwhile Liverpool defender gave his predictions connected Sky Sports' Monday Night Football broadcast, moving United skipper Bruno Fernandes into a beforehand 3 with Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford. There were changes elsewhere, too, including an ambitious wing-back relation for Alejandro Garnacho.

Carragher began astatine the back, with Andre Onana remaining successful goal. He suggested caller signing Leny Yoro would beryllium the right-most of the 3 centre-backs erstwhile helium yet makes his Premier League bow, with Matthijs de Ligt successful the mediate and Lisandro Martinez connected the left.

"I really deliberation Martinez, successful this position, it mightiness suit him - gives you that equilibrium with the near foot," Carragher argued. "I can't spot De Ligt oregon Maguire being successful the wide position, they volition not beryllium capable to cope, truthful I don't deliberation De Ligt oregon Maguire tin play successful the aforesaid backmost 3 due to the fact that whoever is successful the wide presumption would get truly exposed.

"Yoro has travel successful arsenic a young player, he's a task for the club. You'd privation to enactment with him... [he's] a young player, tin astir apt woody with the gait down the sides arsenic well, but they've got the numbers if there's injuries oregon suspensions. We cognize they've got that."

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United skipper Fernandes has often been the furthest precocious of 3 midfielders, but that isn't expected to beryllium an enactment nether Amorim. Carragher besides expects Casemiro to person to marque bash with a spot connected the seat arsenic the caller manager is reunited with erstwhile Sporting midfielder Manuel Ugarte.

"I deliberation successful Ugarte and [Kobbie] Mainoo - Ugarte's a subordinate helium knows, and besides erstwhile I've seen Sporting Lisbon play, these 2 players don't conscionable beryllium and don't determination here. In presumption of pressing, astatine times they volition propulsion close up and beryllium truly assertive connected the opposition," Carragher continued. He was past asked by presenter David Jones whether vigor was important, gathering the question with an contiguous "yes". "100 percent it volition beryllium astir vigor there," helium continued.

"Don't forget, the centre of the pitch, however often bash we spot teams not conscionable with 3 players successful determination but 4 players successful there. People speech astir playing the container successful determination - that volition beryllium truly interesting, however they header with that defensively, and that's wherefore I accidental [Amorim's] out-of-possession set-up volition beryllium fascinating erstwhile helium hasn't got the champion players successful the league oregon the champion squad successful the league, due to the fact that that volition origin a problem.

Another large question concerns the wing-back roles. Amorim's predecessor Ten Hag was forced to marque bash without a recognised left-back for astir of past play and each of this, with Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia beset with wounded issues, and Carragher suggested a caller relation for Garnacho - portion keeping Noussair Mazraoui connected the close and benching Diogo Dalot - could beryllium the answer.

"I've astir enactment 1 attacking full-back connected 1 broadside and Garnacho connected the other, due to the fact that erstwhile you look astatine his set-up astatine Sporting there's been times wherever these players are asked to beryllium truly high, and wingers, and they're going to person to beryllium precise bully astatine one-v-one," helium said. "And again, that's talking astir Man United dominating with the ball, possibly being astatine Old Trafford, but erstwhile you look astatine the fixture list, they've got Arsenal distant - possibly aft 4 oregon 5 games. That volition beryllium an absorbing decision.

"If you've got Garnacho and helium starts well, possibly successful the near wing-back role, but you're playing against Saka, and Arsenal are dominating, and they're astatine location and they're connected the beforehand ft and Garnacho's being asked to play arsenic a near full-back..."

Jamie Carragher's predicted Man Utd XI nether Ruben Amorim: Onana; Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez; Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Garnacho; Fernandes, Hojlund, Rashford

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