Rasmus Hojlund starts, Marcus Rashford's new position – Man Utd icon's perfect Ruben Amorim XI

New Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim led his archetypal grooming league this week arsenic helium mulls implicit the Red Devils starting line-up up of his archetypal crippled successful complaint connected Sunday

Manchester United icon Wes Brown thinks helium knows who should marque Ruben Amorim's cleanable archetypal XI.

Amorim oversaw his archetypal United grooming session connected Monday astatine Carrington. The Portuguese manager, who succeeds Erik 10 Hag having arrived from Sporting CP, had the accidental to instrumentality a look astatine immoderate of his players close-up for the archetypal time, though respective of them were distant connected planetary duty.

The 39-year-old is expected to rapidly look to impart the aforesaid coaching philosophy that won him 2 Primeira Liga titles connected the Red Devils squad up of his archetypal crippled successful complaint - a Premier League fixture distant astatine Ipswich Town connected Sunday. Amorim played a 3-4-3 enactment astatine Sporting and is expected to rip up Ten Hag’s attack and present the set-up to his caller players.

With his circumstantial tactics successful mind, erstwhile United defender Brown has fixed his ain thoughts connected however the starting line-up should look erstwhile everyone is acceptable and available. Speaking to Bedste Online Casino, the 45-year-old named Rasmus Hojlund arsenic his starting striker implicit Joshua Zirkzee. But adjacent much interestingly, helium opted to play Marcus Rashford conscionable down Hojlund successful an wholly caller role.

Five-time Premier League champion Brown’s XI was arsenic follows: Andre Onana; Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez; Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo, Noussair Mazraoui; Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford; Rasmus Hojlund.

He explained: “With everyone fit, I’d similar to spot a backmost 3 of Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez successful beforehand of Andre Onana. I’d similar to spot Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo successful the mediate with Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui arsenic wing-backs.

“Then Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford successful down Rasmus Hojlund. That squad has plentifulness of creativity arsenic good arsenic gait astatine the back, but I’m definite everyone nether Amorim volition get a accidental to impress.”

Rashford has chiefly been utilized coming disconnected the near flank successful caller seasons to varying degrees of success, but Amorim's strategy uses wing-backs alternatively of wingers. He besides played arsenic a striker erstwhile helium archetypal broke into the squad successful 2016, but Brown's proposition would mean him having to larn a caller position.

Amorim’s archetypal grooming league saw the manager divided his players up into 2 teams. The ‘A team’ lined up successful a 3-4-3 shape, with Leny Yoro, Jonny Evans and Luke Shaw arsenic a backmost three. Ahead of them were Antony, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo and Tyrell Malacia, with Amad Diallo, Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount arsenic the 3 astir attacking players.

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