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Manchester United Team News vs Arsenal: Onana, Mazraoui, Martinez, Zirkzee

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Manchester United had a pretty exciting off-season/summer transfer window, and now their squad looks a lot more formidable than it did last season, when it was injury ravaged. The revamped final third, plus a multitude of guys coming back from injury make for a deeper, higher quality team. At least on paper. Of course, they’re not fully fit, as Andre Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Joshua Zirkzee and Lisandro Martinez could all miss out on the season opener with Arsenal FC.

Let’s take the time to get you up to speed on all of them, right now.

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Man United Team News

Onana traveled to the United States with the rest of the squad, but didn’t feature due to a hamstring injury. He is touch-and-go for this one. Zirkzee, now the third choice center forward behind Benjamin Sesko and Rasmus Hojlund, is also 50/50, as he continues to work with the physio team to build match fitness back up.

As for Mazraoui, he’s a strong doubt, due to a hamstring strain.

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Manchester United is arguably the biggest club in the entire world, but they are coming off their ever worst season of the Premier League era. As club legend Wes Brown said “results matter at Man United, always.”

But now, even more so than ever before.

Paul M. Banks is the Founding Editor of The Sports Bank.He’s also the author of “Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” and “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.”

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