Two Manchester United players could debut vs Omonia Nicosia

Changes?

United made life as hard as possible for themselves in Nicosia, where they should have recorded a cricket score but found themselves on a sticky wicket.

That should not discourage Erik ten Hag from making changes with the next three Premier League fixtures in mind. United are right to treat the Europa League seriously but the true gauge of their progress is at weekends and, in next week's case, midweek.

Newcastle, Tottenham and Chelsea are United's next three fixtures after tonight. That is three current top-six teams within a week and those matches have to take precedence.

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Is Varane risked?

Raphael Varane played for two minutes at Everton and still had a profound impact, his deft header potentially preventing Jordan Pickford from nodding in a 94th-minute equaliser.

Varane is United's most important player and trained separately from the squad at Carrington yesterday. United do not have to risk him against the minnows of Omonia and Varane is needed more against Callum Wilson, Harry Kane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

McTominay back?

Casemiro showed the benefit of regular starts last week, something he had been deprived of in his first six weeks as a United player.

Similarly to Varane, Casemiro is bound to be more integral against Newcastle on Sunday and Scott McTominay's suspension grants Ten Hag the option to give the Brazilian a breather.

However, Ten Hag has selected such imposing teams in the Europa League that Christian Eriksen has started all 11 of United's games.

In from the cold?

Fred should be a reliable starter - if played in his preferred position - yet in two of his starts he had the misfortune of being played into trouble by his manager,