Manchester United have named their team for the FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham, and as expected Wayne Rooney is a part of it. Rooney was expected to be named a substitute for this match after competing (and largely not impressing) with Manchester United’s U21s on Monday night.
Here is the team named by Louis van Gaal for this one via the Man United official Twitter account. First with the starting XI:
#mufc XI: De Gea, Fosu-Mensah, Smalling, Blind, Rojo, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Herrera, Martial, Rashford. pic.twitter.com/Psy6i23mam
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 13, 2016
Here are the substitutes, including Wayne Rooney:
#mufc subs: Romero, Valencia, Young, Schneiderlin, Mata, Memphis, Rooney.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 13, 2016
Louis van Gaal made two changes for the line-up today, both in the midfield. He brought in Marouane Fellaini and Ander Herrera in place of Morgan Schneiderlin and Juan Mata. It will be interesting to see how Wayne Rooney performs if and when he sees some time, which likely won’t be very long in duration. Will the United Captain be rusty?
Or will he help guide the Red Devils to FA Cup semi-finals against Everton?
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