Harry Maguire STARTS for Man United alongside Jonny Evans as under-fire Erik ten Hag calls on former captain forward of Brentford conflict

Harry Maguire has been handed a primary Premier League begin of the season for Manchester United towards Brentford at Outdated Trafford. 

United have been underneath rising scrutiny in latest weeks, and misplaced each of their final two video games at Outdated Trafford to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray within the league and Champions League respectively. 

Maguire’s place on the membership has been the topic of a lot debate within the final two seasons, and had the captaincy stripped from him over the summer time having fallen down the pecking order. 

Now he has been handed a primary begin within the league for 2023-24, and can line up alongside former Leicester City team-mate Jonny Evans. 

Maguire began the final recreation of the 2022-23 season, a 2-1 victory at dwelling to Fulham, and Ten Hag will probably be hoping that his former skipper can encourage an identical consequence to forestall three dwelling defeats on the trot.

Harry Maguire will begin his first recreation of the Premier League season for under-pressure Man United

The final time Maguire and Evans began a Premier League conflict alongside each other got here on the King Energy Stadium within the blue of Leicester. 

The central defensive pairing noticed out a clear sheet towards Chelsea in December 2019, and with 4 conceded at Outdated Trafford within the final two video games, clear sheets have been laborious come by. 

It is going to be United’s fifth defensive pairing in six video games as Ten Hag quickly seeks a solution to his facet’s defensive woes, having conceded eight objectives in that interval. 

Marcus Rashford had been reportedly near being axe from the facet to tackle the Bees, nonetheless he retains his place. 

Christian Eriksen will begin from the bench towards the facet he left for the Crimson Devils, with Sofyan Amrabat partnering Casemiro in midfield. 

Victor Lindelof begins at proper again, with Diogo Dalot on the left, and Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount and Rashford line up behind Rasmus Hojlund, with Andre Onana retaining his place in purpose.