If you’re into making and posting Manchester United starting XI predictions, like this site, then we have some important news for you. Provided the names on this list are healthy and fit at prediction time, more than half of your work is already done for your. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has his guys, his chosen ones, reveals the father of Daley Blind.
Some of those chosen ones you already know, others you can infer.
The list of untouchables includes goalkeeper David De Gea, defender Antonio Valencia, holding midfielder Nemanja Matic, forward midfielder Paul Pogba, central attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan and striker Romelu Lukaku.
Regarding that last one, Mourinho himself said that Lukaku won’t be getting much rest until Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes back.
Danny Blind, a man with extensive managerial experience in the Netherlands told ZiggoSport about the big six.
“They are David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, who is currently injured, Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan,” Blind said.
“For Mourinho, that is the frame of his side. Valencia is also his captain. Around these six chosen ones, he keeps changing the players. Sometimes he makes a choice between Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial. Sometimes it is [Daley] Blind or Ashley Young or, rarely, Matteo Darmian.”
Indeed, right below that first tier of the big six most important players, you have Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Daley Blind and Ashley Young. United have talent and depth, and they’ve been utilizing it to reach and stay at the top of the Premier League table now, as they head into the international break.
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