After only 2 friendly matches in the pre -season, the main squad of the next season was somewhat lifted, with the opening match against Arsenal in the Premier League awaiting on August 16.
After a 0-0 friendly match against Leeds, MU defeated West Ham 2-1 in the US. As usual, coach Ruben Amorim remains loyal to the familiar 3-4-2-1 system-the diagram he is trying to help the Red Devils operate smoothly in the first official season at the club.
Looking at the starting line of MU against West Ham, it can be seen that Amorim has launched a strong force. Except for the absence of rookie Bryan Mbeumo because it is not enough physically, the best name of the Red Devils are present.
In the attack, Rasmus Hojlund stone. The support for him is the duo Matheus Cunha – Bruno Fernandes. The 4 -person midfield in turn includes Patrick Dorgu, Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte, Amad Diallo. At the defense, Ayden Heaven, Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro are the chosen. In the wooden frame is Altay Bayindir.
Recently, Amorim has opened up the possibility that he will give more opportunities to Hojlund instead of recruiting new strikers. Therefore, it is likely that when the season starts, the Danish striker will continue to chant MU. The key point is that Amorim will find a way to connect between Hojlund, Cunha and Mbeumo.
Referring to Mbeumo, once this rookie reaches 100% of the condition, he will almost certainly kick the number 10 right next to the Cunha to increase the ability to penetrate, create and score. Meanwhile, Fernandes will be pulled down to the central midfielder next to Casemiro – a “experienced scanner” of the Red Devils.
Before West Ham, due to the absence of Mbeumo, Fernandes was pulled up by Amorim coach. And although Fernandes shines with a double goal, Amorim's long -term idea is to let Fernandes stone low, taking on the task like a magnet that connects the routes. The former Sporting star is actually familiar with this role at the end of last season, so this is not a big problem.
In two Wing-back positions, Dorgu and Diallo are almost firm. These two players are youthful and enthusiasm, despite many fans that Amorim is wasting Diallo's talent if arranging a low -rocked ivory coast star. However, as mentioned, Amorim was very clear about the plans of CunHa and MBeumo stone at two numbers 10, so Diallo's rising will be relatively difficult.
In the defense, Heaven, De Ligt and Yoro are considered the 3 optimal choices of MU at this time, because they are a combination of experience, talent and youth. Assuming that in case De Ligt is not good, Amorim can completely arrange Harry Maguire to play in the defense center.
In the wooden frame, Onana will return to the main catch when recovering from injury. If MU can recruit another quality goalkeeper, this position at that time is lucky to belong to others.
In short, MU's main squad for the opening match of the Premier League 2025/26 against Arsenal has formed. The remaining problem is just tweaking a few positions with the most suitable people. Not excluding the possibility we will soon witness MU's strongest squad in the friendly match against Bournemouth on July 31.
