Amorim made sweeping changes to his side for Sunday’s Premier League defeat to Brentford with youngsters Tyler Fredricson, Harry Amass and Chido Obi starting. Fernandes, Casemiro, Noussair Mazraoui, Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund were rested but there was one fresh casualty with Matthijs de Ligt forced off in the first-half.

Manchester United will face a somewhat depleted Athletic Club de Bilbao team in their Europa League semi-final second leg at Old Trafford due to a UEFA ban from the reverse fixture.

Manchester United are halfway through to a Europa League final showdown with (presumably) Tottenham Hotspur after an unexpected 3-0 victory away to 10-man Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the semifinals on Thursday.