Who started for Manchester United team in pre season friendly vs Aston Villa

Donny van de Beek remains Ole Gunnar Solksjaer's only new recruit after a summer of frustration chasing Jadon Sancho.MEN Sport understands the Borussia Dortmund winger remains United's top transfer target but a fee is yet to be agreed between the two clubs.The bookmakers too, are tipping a deal for Sancho to go through, as well as a few other deals at very short odds.Here, we take a look at who the bookies' think could arrive at Old Trafford before the deadline.Sancho remains the name on

straight to your inboxPaul Pogba will be available for Manchester United’s Premier League opener against Crystal Palace on Saturday.Pogba, 27, has recovered from the coronavirus and took part in training last week but did not travel with the squad for the pre-season friendly against Aston Villa.The Frenchman has been involved in outdoor sessions at the club’s training ground this week and has now been deemed fit to face Palace.Elsewhere, new signing Donny van de Beek is expected to make his

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester United evening headlines for Thursday, September 17.Paul Pogba remains a doubt for United’s first match of the Premier League season against Crystal Palace on Saturday.The Frenchman is back in training after recovering from coronavirus but missed last weekend’s pre-season friendly with Aston Villa.Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Pogba faces a race to be fit for the opening game of United’s campaign.Axel Tuanzebe, meanwhile, has been

straight to your inboxManchester United's Premier League season finally gets underway this weekend as Crystal Palace visit Old Trafford to kick off the campaign.It marks the start of a 38-match marathon that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes will see the Reds improve on the last campaign, and maybe even challenge for the title.With one big signing made in Donny van de Beek, and efforts ongoing to bring in Jadon Sancho before the end of the transfer window, hopes are high that United could make further

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have been pointing out how badly Sheffield United are doing without Dean Henderson. The goalkeeper is back at United this season and looks set to vie with David De Gea for the starting XI after an impressive debut campaign in the Premier League on loan at Sheffield United.

straight to your inboxIt was in that other ramshackle pre-season of 2018 that Luke Shaw was fat-shamed and subjected to online bullying yet began the campaign better than any of his teammates.On Friday, the United Twitter account published a picture of Shaw in training looking lithe. For those who watched the rerun of Saturday's friendly at Aston Villa, Shaw was an energetic presence down the left and many of United's best openings stemmed from his side.

straight to your inboxYoung Manchester United defender Teden Mengi appears to have been given a new squad number of 43 for the upcoming season.With a week to go until United get their Premier League campaign underway against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side stepped up their pre-season preparations with a friendly against Aston Villa on Saturday.United, with a team lacking many of its stars who have only just returned from international duty, slipped to a 1-0 defeat at

pre-season friendly defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.Henderson was one of the Premier League's best goalkeepers last season and has committed himself to United after shining with the Blades. He has given Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a decision to make over his No.1 keeper, with David de Gea the current incumbent.

1-0 pre-season defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon, dominating the first half but falling behind to an Ollie Watkins goal.And although players like Shaw, Daniel James and Donny van de Beek impressed, the United left-back admitted it has been a strange pre-season so far.

Donny van de Beek after his first appearance for the club against Aston Villa on Saturday and they particularly loved a piece of skill he did in the first-half.Less than a month after the previous season finally came to an end with a defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League semi-final, United are now preparing for the start of the 2020/21 campaign.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took his side to Villa Park on Saturday for their only pre-season friendly of the summer - though he was without many of his

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Sunday, 13 September.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer told Manchester United players they needed to be more clinical after a dominant first-half against Aston Villa.United trailed 1-0 at half-time and ended up losing their only pre-season friendly at Villa Park after squandering several presentable chances either side of Ollie Watkins' 16th-minute winner.Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer denied Jesse Lingard on two separate occasions and Harry Maguire, Odion Ighalo and Daniel James miscued efforts in a madcap

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer lauded the performances of Dean Henderson and Teden Mengi after Manchester United's friendly defeat to Aston Villa.Henderson made his first appearance for the United senior side nine years after joining the club's academy in the absence of David de Gea at Villa Park and Mengi replaced Odion Ighalo in the second-half.Solskjaer compared Mengi, 18, to Matthijs de Ligt earlier this week and the Mancunian could get more first-team exposure following his

straight to your inboxDean HendersonHad little to do with his hands but showcased his underrated distribution with his first pass to Diogo Dalot. 6Diogo DalotGot caught out for Villa's second-best chance when Jack Grealish got the run on him and was rarely seen in attack.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer says Donny van de Beek was the 'biggest plus' in Manchester United's friendly defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.Van de Beek played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 loss at Villa Park on his first appearance since signing from Ajax for €39million this summer.United were without midfielders Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes, Fred and Nemanja Matic so Van de Beek started alongside Scott McTominay, substituted at half-time for Ethan Galbraith, in an axis behind

straight to your inboxManchester United appear to have confirmed goalkeeper Dean Henderson will wear the No.26 in his first full season as a first-team squad member.Henderson returned to United's Carrington training complex in August to begin training ahead of the new campaign having spent the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons on loan at Sheffield United.Henderson started for United in their pre-season friendly against Aston Villa on Sunday and a graphic displayed by United's in-house TV channel had

straight to your inboxDimitar Berbtaov believes Donny van de Beek should take up a deep-lying role in the Manchester United midfield.United signed Van de Beek for €39million rising to €44m from Ajax and he is expected to make his first appearance in today's pre-season friendly with Aston Villa.However, the 23-year-old will not play alongside Paul Pogba, still striving for match fitness after recovering from coronavirus, and Bruno Fernandes has not been at United's Carrington training complex

straight to your inbox Donny van de Beek has impressed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in his first training sessions with Manchester United.Van de Beek, 23, only arrived at United's Carrington training complex on Wednesday following international duty with the Netherlands but is expected to make his first appearance in the friendly at Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon. "He’s been training only a couple of days but he’s a bright, bubbly character," Solskjaer told MUTV.