It has been 11 years since Manchester United last won the FA Youth Cup.
04.02.2022 - 16:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Middlesbrough are fighting fit for their FA Cup tie against Manchester United - minus one notable absentee.
Chris Wilder has no fresh injury concerns as the Championship side prepare to visit Old Trafford.
However, after testing positive for Covid-19 while away on international duty with Australia, winter signing Riley McGree will miss out as he continues to self-isolate.
The 24-year-old midfielder has yet to make his debut for Boro.
McGree spent the first part of this season on loan with fellow Championship side Birmingham City and put pen to paper on a £3.27million permanent switch from Charlotte FC during the January transfer window.
Middlesbrough booked their Old Trafford date courtesy of a victory over Mansfield in the third round.
Wilder made several changes for that match as Uche Ikpeazu, Caolan Boyd-Munce and an Elliott Hewitt own goal settled the scores in a dramatic 3-2 verdict at Field Mill.
In the three Championship games between those cup ties, though, Middlesbrough have returned to a settled line-up and were unchanged for all three outings.
But will the Boro manager be tempted to shuffle his pack, once again, when locking horns with United?
Speaking about his selection issues, Wilder said: "We had an idea what team we would pick off the back of the weekend. There's a thought process and things happen - and Riley McGree was a really disappointing one for us obviously.
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"Everybody else is fit and ready and we had an idea of the team and how we would go about it for maybe a week or ten days. Of course, all the boys want to play in this game.
"We've got to make sure we pick the right team to get a result on the night."
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It has been 11 years since Manchester United last won the FA Youth Cup.
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