Man United will take part within the 2024/25 season’s curtain raiser on Saturday as they tackle bitter rivals Man Metropolis within the FA Group Defend with Erik ten Hag confirming one other disaster forward of the conflict.
Final time period was a really underwhelming marketing campaign for Ten Hag and Man United with the Dutch coach’s job doubtless saved having overwhelmed Metropolis within the FA Cup closing.
Earlier than that issues weren’t wanting good for the 54-year-old at Previous Trafford with the Purple Devils ending eighth within the Premier League and ending backside of their Champions League group. Ten Hag regarded out of his depth at instances however many attributed his failings right down to the Manchester membership’s harm disaster at centre-back.
That now appears to be like to be taking place once more forward of Saturday’s FA Group Defend with the Man United supervisor confirming to the media on Thursday that Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw are all doubts for the Man Metropolis match, stories Samuel Luckhurst.
New signing Leny Yoro picked up an harm throughout pre-season and might be out of motion for 3 months, which leaves Jonny Evans and Lisandro Martinez as Man United’s solely match centre-backs with first-team expertise.
Diogo Dalot is the Manchester membership’s solely match senior full-back for Saturday and Luckhurst states that Harry Amass is now in line for his United debut in opposition to Man Metropolis ought to Shaw fail to get better.
Erik ten Hag must get Man United off to an excellent begin this season
This might be an enormous fear for Ten Hag as he must get Man United off to an excellent begin this season because the Dutch coach isn’t out of the woods concerning his job at Previous Trafford. Ought to the marketing campaign start badly, questions will begin to be requested as soon as once more and having one other harm disaster in his backline doesn’t assist.
A hammering from Man Metropolis on Saturday will already put the highlight on the Man United boss however the Group Defend isn’t the top of the world, with the 54-year-old prone to be extra involved concerning the Purple Devils’ Premier League opener in opposition to Fulham subsequent Friday.
