{"id":130784,"date":"2025-05-25T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130784\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T13:54:14","slug":"confirmed-manchester-united-squad-members-vs-aston-villa-as-youngster-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130784\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Manchester United squad members vs Aston Villa as youngster included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man United will be hoping to win their final Premier League game of the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>14:15, 25 May 2025Updated 14:18, 25 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_GettyImages-2216954622.jpg\" alt=\"Diogo Dalot signs autographs for supporters.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Diogo Dalot will be targeting a first start since recovering from injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sekou Kone is in contention to make his Manchester United debut this afternoon after seemingly being included in the matchday squad for this afternoon&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> clash with Aston Villa at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/old-trafford\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Old TraffordLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The youngster, who joined <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UnitedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">United<\/a> almost a year ago, was among the players spotted arriving at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">United&#8217;s players usually arrive at Old Trafford individually, meaning their arrivals are staggered. Instead, Ruben Amorim&#8217;s players arrived by bus for their final day Premier League assignment against Villa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Among the pre-match arrivals who were accounted for was Kone, who joined United from Mali outfit Guidars FC last August. The 19-year-old has been named on the bench for the Reds three times this season, with his most recent appearance in the matchday squad coming when United lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground at the start of April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Elsewhere, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/jonny-evans\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Jonny EvansLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonny Evans<\/a> is in with a shout of making a farewell appearance ahead of his expected retirement this summer. Fellow defenders Noussair Mazraoui, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof and Patrick Dorgu were also seen arriving at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Other pre-match arrivals included Andre Onana, Mason Mount, Bruno Fernandes and youngster Chido Obi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The latter will be pushing for his first Old Trafford start after Rasmus Hojlund produced another uninspiring performance in United&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/europa-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Europa LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> final in midweek.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed arrivals:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Goalkeepers: <\/strong>Andre Onana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Defenders: <\/strong>Noussair Mazraoui, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Jonny Evans, Patrick Dorgu<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Midfielders: <\/strong>Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte, Toby Collyer, Sekou Kone, Mason Mount, Kobbie Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Attackers: <\/strong>Amad, Chido Obi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Here at the Manchester Evening News, we&#8217;re dedicated to bringing you the best Manchester United coverage and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Make sure you don&#8217;t miss out on the latest United news by joining our free WhatsApp group. 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Our shows are available on all podcast platforms, including <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6Rf3zHSgSYkYIA4zaYPz5y\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Spotify<\/strong><\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=76202X1528180&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fmanchester-is-red-manchester-united-podcast%2Fid1264579243&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Fhes-ready-man-united-already-31228583\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, and you can also watch along on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ManUtd_MEN\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United will be hoping to win their final Premier League game of the 2024\/25 campaign. 14:15, 25&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[422,748,393,4884,2465,423,11507,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-130784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-aston-villa-fc","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united-fc","14":"tag-manchester-united-fixtures","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114568813900556547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}