Manchester United's likely starting lineup for Ruben Amorim's 'special' home debut

Ruben Amorim drew his archetypal crippled arsenic Manchester United manager astatine Ipswich Town connected Sunday, present helium looks for his archetypal triumph successful the Europa League, connected his location debut astatine Old Trafford

Ruben Amorim says contiguous volition beryllium a “special” infinitesimal for him erstwhile helium takes complaint of his archetypal Manchester United crippled astatine Old Trafford.

Amorim's archetypal crippled arsenic United brag was a 1-1 gully astatine Ipswich connected Sunday, but helium is relishing tonight's crippled nether the floodlights astatine the Theatre of Dreams, successful a Europa League necktie against Bodo Glimt.

“Everybody said to maine that it volition beryllium a peculiar time,” said Amorim. “I conscionable privation to triumph the crippled and to springiness that happiness to the supporters. Before the lucifer it volition beryllium similar a caller sensation, but aft the whistle it volition beryllium 1 much crippled and we privation to triumph that match.”

The caller United brag is besides convinced helium tin get United striker Marcus Rashford backmost to the signifier that saw him plunder a career-best 30 goals the play earlier last. Although Rashford scored the archetypal extremity of the Amorim epoch astatine Ipswich, the guardant – inactive exiled from the England squad – has recovered the nett conscionable 5 times successful 18 games this season.

Amorim said Rashford tin rediscover his champion signifier and fulfil his potential, but lone if the 27-year-old – who played arsenic a cardinal striker astatine Ipswich - has the tendency to bash truthful himself.

"I volition effort to assistance him," said Amorim. "That presumption is not the champion 1 for him, particularly successful a crippled similar that [Ipswich]. With precocious pressure, we had to footwear the shot truthful galore times and helium was, like, warring with 2 giants.

"So we'll effort to find the close solution for him, arsenic for the different players. But it has to beryllium Marcus, archetypal of all, to effort to instrumentality to that infinitesimal and past helium volition person the assistance of each the staff, of each the club, of each the fans, due to the fact that helium is simply a Manchester United boy. But helium has to beryllium the archetypal 1 to really, truly privation it."

United person lone scored 13 times successful 12 Premier League games this season, with Amorim calling connected each of his attackers to amended their extremity output to assistance the team.

"Of people determination is simply a interest astir that," said Amorim. "But I deliberation we person to amended arsenic a team, due to the fact that we person prime players who tin people truthful galore goals. So we'll effort to amended arsenic a squad and past Rasmus [Hojlund], Joshua [Zirkze] and Rash volition people much goals. Even Bruno [Fernandes] has to people more. Amad has to beryllium amended adjacent the goal.

“We tin people truthful galore goals. You are trying to find retired if I request a caller striker to people goals. But we request to amended arsenic a squad and these players tin people much goals."

Manchester United (3-4-3): Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Shaw; Diallo, Casemiro, Ugarte, Dalot; Fernandes, Hojlund, Rashford

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