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Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has made a giant resolution on Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund forward of Sunday’s assembly in opposition to Fulham at Craven Cottage.
United on the lookout for first Premier League win
United will undoubtedly be seeking to get their first three factors on the board after they come up vs. Marco Silva’s males.
Amorim and his gamers received their 2025/26 Premier League season underway with a 1-0 defeat by the hands of Arsenal final weekend.
Though United delivered a powerful show and got here near scoring on a number of events, they finally fell quick. Nevertheless, there have been loads of positives to remove, and confidence throughout the squad stays excessive.
Onana and Hojlund have been each overlooked of the matchday squad that confronted Arsenal at Previous Trafford. Whereas Onana was match, Amorim made the choice to exclude him, giving the nod to Altay Bayindir to start out between the sticks.
Amorim later clarified that he hadn’t outright dropped Onana, explaining that his selection was based mostly on Bayindir’s higher match sharpness and the necessity to preserve wholesome competitors for locations.
Hojlund, then again, was totally omitted, with the Dane’s time at United trying prefer it has come to an finish. It’s understood that Hojlund was instructed it will be in his greatest pursuits to go away, as he’ll wrestle for important first-team minutes following Benjamin Sesko’s arrival.
Serie A giants are regarded as closing in on the mortgage signing of Hojlund.
Now, it has been confirmed that Onana has made the journey to London for the conflict in opposition to Fulham, however Hojlund has been left behind.
United’s travelling squad confirmed
In line with the Manchester Night Information, Onana is in competition to interchange Bayindir in objective.
Sesko is in line to make his full debut for the Purple Devils, having come off the bench in opposition to Arsenal. Amad is one other who’s prone to return to the beginning XI.
Other than Hojlund, the opposite notable absentees are Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui. Each defenders are nonetheless recovering from their respective accidents.
Right here’s the confirmed United travelling squad: Andre Onana, Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Matthijs de Ligt, Diogo Dalot, Tyler Fredricson, Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro, Ayden Heaven, Patrick Dorgu, Harry Maguire, Manuel Ugarte, Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro, Mason Mount, Amad, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko, Joshua Zirkzee.
Fulham vs. United kicks off at 16:30 BST.
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