Rashford dropped and Yoro starts - what Ruben Amorim's strongest Manchester United XI could look like

Ruben Amorim will officially start work at Manchester United in seven days.

Amorim was appointed as United's head coach last week and must serve a notice period at Sporting Lisbon before touching down in Manchester during the international break.

The 39-year-old will have just under two weeks to prepare for his first game in charge against Ipswich Town and it will be fascinating to see which players make his first line-up.

Amorim has played with a 3-4-3 formation at Sporting. He has enjoyed success with that system and is expected to implement his philosophy at United, who currently lack identity.

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With that in mind, we asked our writers to pick the line-up they believe is Amorim's strongest and their answers suggest there are tough decisions to make on some senior players.

Samuel Luckhurst

The timing of Leny Yoro's return to full fitness could turn out to be perfect. United have to aim to have him available for the Ipswich game because he has to be a starter in Amorim's defensive trident. Yoro should be on the right and Lisandro Martinez on the left with Matthijs de Ligt sandwiched between them.

Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte is the obvious midfield duo. The wings are tricky in that United cannot be too gung-ho or too cautious. Noussair Mazraoui has outperformed Diogo Dalot quite comfortably and reinventing Amad as a pure left winger is worth a go.

Much of Amorim's first six months as head coach will be trial and error. United do not have an abundance of attacking options but Bruno Fernandes has to start as one of the two '10's. How Alejandro Garnacho adjusts to that