Around the time of United's 1-1 draw with The Youngsters of Bern in the Champions League, the new boss Ronnick made it clear that the reason for the big rotation was to allow the main players to retain their fitness for Saturday's Premier League match with Norwich. This means that those stars who do not make the list will definitely return to the starting lineup in the league. Before the winter transfer window opened to allow the team to make reinforcements, Lonnick could only use the existing personnel of Manchester United.
In the goalkeeper position, Manchester United rarely changed the goalkeeper in the final round of the Champions League, with Dean Henderson starting and Tom Heaton coming off the bench in the second half to make his first-team debut. After the game, Lonnick praised Henderson's performance: "Dean [Henderson] almost saved the young man's equaliser's shot, he was only a little bit short of the ball, a centimeter or two, but the ball was too difficult to save. Other than that, he's very proactive and very aggressive."
But even the British media, which leans towards the England international, knows that Henderson will have a hard time taking the main position from De Gea, who has performed best at Manchester United this season. Lonnick's change of goalkeeper in the middle showed that this game was purely for more players to get the opportunity to play.
Heaton also received compliments from the new coach: "Tom (Heaton) is also like Dean, he made his debut at 35 and I didn't realize it at first, but after talking to the goalkeeper, we decided to make his debut at Old Trafford if conditions permitted. He played in England for so long in the Championship and Premier League and even was selected for the England team. I don't know if it was the debut or what Richard (Hades) told me. He's an amazing guy and a really good goalkeeper, and he deserves to make his debut at 35."
According to British media rumors, Ajax and other teams intend to loan Henderson in January next year, allowing him to replace Onana as the main goalkeeper. United are as indecisive as ever, reluctant to let the 24-year-old England international goalkeeper, but from the player's point of view, according to the experience of Jesse Lingard and other predecessors, Henderson should take the initiative to fight for the departure. And Manchester United may be able to follow Real Madrid's actions against Reguilon, Morata and others, setting buy-back terms and sending Henderson away.
In the defensive line, Varane has not yet returned from injury, he will not return to normal training until Friday, and before he returns to the field, Manchester United captain Maguire and Lindelev's centre-back pairing will certainly not move. In the right-back position, a courtier, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's £50 million introduction of The Million Bissaka, is no longer holding the "deathless gold medal", no matter how good or bad it is, it will start first. Recently, Portugal international Diogu Dalo has played better and is more in line with Ronnick's tactical system of asking full-backs to assist, so he has started two consecutive rounds in the Premier League for the first time.
Due to Wan bissaka's unobtrusive performance in the Champions League, he also hit a billboard outside the bottom line in the last minute and was injured, and had to be carried back to the dressing room on a stretcher for treatment. Therefore, Dallow, who was optimistic about Jose Mourinho at that time, is expected to play the main force in the Premier League for 3 consecutive rounds.
The last position in the back line, left-back is the most suspenseful position in the current Ronnick squad. Luke Shaw's comeback after a concussion absence to provide an assist to the youngsters' Champions League, who was also replaced early in the second half, meant there was still a chance to compete for the start against Norwich.
But today's Brazilian knife-wielding bodyguard Telles is, at least no longer the tool solskjaer used to activate Luke Shaw. Now, the two need to compete for the main position, AndTrees even has a slight advantage, if it is a start against Norwich, it will not be surprising. The final answer will be revealed this Saturday.
At the back, the "McFred" combination was praised by Lonnick for its defensive perfection, the style was in line with his high-level pressing concept, and although there were flaws in the pass, it was already the best choice in the current squad. Nemanja Matic made a cameo appearance at centre-back in the Champions League, and Van de Beek conceded a goal due to a mistake, further cementing McTomine and Fred's top choice.
In both No. 10 positions, Bruno Fernandez and Sancho don't have many contenders. There is no suspense in the starting lineup of ace Cristiano Ronaldo, and Ronaldo's partner may also have some competition, but At present, Rashford is still Lonnick's first choice.
In the Champions League, Greenwood started and played the whole game, scoring a wonderful goal and nearly completing the assist. In the eyes of many fans, he deserves to be the main force of Manchester United more than Rashford.
However, Lonnick also made it clear that Aoki's physical fitness and running awareness need to be improved and must continue to improve to become a regular player of Manchester United. This also proves Master La's starting status to a certain extent, but if Greenwood continues to improve in the future, it will not be a surprising ending to replace the England demon star who will only sprint back.
Ronnick's Main Manchester United squad (4222): De Gea/Dalo, Lindelof, Maguire, Tres (Luke Shaw)/McTomine, Fred/Fernandez, Sancho/Rashford, Ronaldo.