Manchester United could hand first-team debuts to two players everyone is talking about

Harry Amass and Toby Collyer were the breakout stories for Manchester United this summer.

Amass started against Arsenal, Real Betis and Liverpool on tour in the USA and Collyer started in two of those games before coming on from the bench in the Community Shield.

The midfielder subsequently replaced Casemiro at half-time in the defeat to Liverpool before the international break and held his own on a difficult afternoon for United, winning three tackles, making three recoveries, winning seven duels and completing all of his attempted dribbles.

Collyer became the 251st academy player to make a debut for United in the Community Shield last month and his next challenge is to make his full debut, which means starting a game.

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Amass is yet to make an appearance for the first-team - from the bench or a start - but many fans would like to see him and Collyer be handed their full debuts on Tuesday night.

United are set to welcome Barnsley to Old Trafford in the third round of the Carabao Cup and that fixture is the perfect opportunity to give Amass and Collyer their first senior starts.

Barnsley are seventh in England's third division and United should be head and shoulders above the South Yorkshire club when they visit Manchester, meaning one or two places in the starting team can be reserved for prospects who are on the cusp of the first-team squad.

Erik ten Hag is still expected to pick a reasonably strong team to get the job done - he isn't known for the major rotation of his players - but starting Amass and Collyer would have merit.

Although Amass is still raw and has aspects of his game to improve, like all young players,