Manchester United v Leicester LIVE: FA Cup team news, line-ups and more tonight – UK Times

Manchester United XI: Onana, Dalot, Maguire, Yoro, Mazraoui, Dorgu, Ugarte, Fernandes, Mainoo, Amad, Hojlund.

Leicester City XI: Hermansen, Justin, Okoli, Faes, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, El-Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid, Ayew, Daka.

Ruben Amorim does indeed hand a debut to Patrick Dorgu from the start tonight. Full teams coming right up…

The Manchester United players getting ready for tonight’s FA Cup tie:

The two line-ups will drop shortly.

Manchester United are without Lisandro Martinez who has ruptured his ACL and will be a long-term absentee. Luke Shaw has also had a setback and won’t be rushed back into action. Jonny Evans is set to miss out on a reunion with his former club, and Mason Mount is also recovering from injury.

New signings Patrick Dorgu and Ayden Heaven are both available and eligible to be selected.

For Leicester, Wilfred Ndidi returns from injury and Ruud van Nistelrooy has hinted at alterations to his squad for his return to Old Trafford. Teenagers Jeremy Monga and Jake Evans are expected to form part of the matchday squad.

Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira are still on the sidelines.

“There are two or three with light injuries, who are doubtful tomorrow. We’ll see when we announce the squad,” said Van Nistelrooy.

Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy said he must deal with the reality of the club’s lack of transfer window activity as he prepares to head back to Manchester United for tonight’s FA Cup fourth round at Old Trafford.

Leicester are third from bottom, two points off the safety zone, and made one signing in the window, spending £3m on centre back Woyo Coulibaly from Parma.

Premier League rules say clubs cannot register more than two on-loan players at any one time and Leicester already have midfielder Facundo Buonanotte from Brighton & Hove Albion and forward Odsonne Edouard from Crystal Palace.

“When you strengthen the team, your chances will improve, there’s no doubt about that,” Van Nistelrooy said of the club’s failure to deliver many reinforcements in January when talking to reporters on Thursday.

“But the means were not there to do so. It wasn’t possible. Also the loans were blocked because we have two players. The disappointment is that two loans are not having the minutes so they’re not strengthening the team. We looked at foreign loans.”

Here’s a closer look at Dorgu, the 20-year-old Danish defender signed from Italian club Lecce in a £30m transfer, who has the profile to shine in Amorim’s 3-4-3 system:

“He has to integrate really fast because we lose some players on loan in this moment,” Amorim told the Man Utd website this week.

“We want to build a different team. We start with these different kinds of players like Dorgu. He’s a young player, of course he’s going to need time because this is a different level, a different league, but the physicality is there, the quality is there and he can play both sides.

“That is important, to cope whether we want to play on the left or the right, that is really important for us. He’s a talented, hungry guy, and that is the profile we’re looking for.”

Manchester United made two signings late in the transfer window, and both players could feature tonight.

Denmark international Patrick Dorgu signed from Lecce, and the 20-year-old could come straight into the side in one of the wing-back roles.

The 18-year-old Ayden Heaven meanwhile joined from Arsenal, and the left-footed centre-back could also start the game, particuarly given the ACL injury to Lisandro Martinez which was confirmed this week.

Both players “are ready to play and they are two more solutions to help us in this moment,” Ruben Amorim said this week.

The FA Cup fixture will kick off at 8pm GMT tonight at Old Trafford.

This fixture will be shown free-to-air on ITV 1 in the UK, with subscribers also able to watch online via ITVX. Coverage begins at 7.30pm.

The two line-ups will drop shortly.

Manchester United are without Lisandro Martinez who has ruptured his ACL and will be a long-term absentee. Luke Shaw has also had a setback and won’t be rushed back into action. Jonny Evans is set to miss out on a reunion with his former club, and Mason Mount is also recovering from injury.

New signings Patrick Dorgu and Ayden Heaven are both available and eligible to be selected.

For Leicester, Wilfred Ndidi returns from injury and Ruud van Nistelrooy has hinted at alterations to his squad for his return to Old Trafford. Teenagers Jeremy Monga and Jake Evans are expected to form part of the matchday squad.

Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira are still on the sidelines.

“There are two or three with light injuries, who are doubtful tomorrow. We’ll see when we announce the squad,” said Van Nistelrooy.