Does Martial come back in? The last time United lost their first three games in a season the manager was sacked in November and his replacement eventually ended the club's championship drought.
Sufficient personnel changes are essential after the thumping by Brentford and Anthony Martial's return is an easy excuse for Erik ten Hag to freshen up the attack.
Martial has not played in three weeks but Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho barely played in the opening defeats. Rashford, in particular, looks drained of self-belief and has become easy to defend against while Sancho has regressed after a propitious pre-season. Also read: Kroos' story about Casemiro shows he will raise the standards at United The irony is Rashford gave Trent Alexander-Arnold a chasing in United's last Premier League win over Liverpool in 2018 whereas Martial let the right-back off lightly on his league debut in January 2017.
Jose Mourinho was so disgruntled with Martial's performance he dropped him from the matchday squad entirely the following week at Stoke. Is Ronaldo retained? There has been a smear campaign against Cristiano Ronaldo; a desperate attempt to depict him as the antagonist at the start of United's season.