Today marks the start of three pre-season friendles in Germany, two against Werder Bremen (today and tomorrow) and one on Tuesday against Allendorf. I imagine Slaven Bilic will want to use as many players as possible and the games will provide further opportunities for young players to impress the boss. Josh Cullen and Declan Rice were the standout performers in Austria and will be hoping to start today’s game, which kicks off at 5.30pm.
Today we learned that Michail Antonio will miss the first game of the season, joining Andy Carroll and Cheikh Kouyate on the sidelines against Manchester United. None of them are playing any part in the German tour.
So I wonder if this might be the lineup at Old Trafford: Hart, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Reid, Lanzini, Obiang, Noble, Hernandez, Arnautovic, Ayew.
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