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Manchester United Basel: Full team news and line-ups confirmed
MANCHESTER UNITED will be hoping to kick their Champions League campaign off with a win against Basel - here’s the full team news and line-ups.
Jose Mourinho will be expecting a win against Basel
Manchester United have Marouane Fellaini on the bench after recovering from a calf injury that kept him out of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Stoke.
Phil Jones and Eric Bailly also miss out due to Uefa suspensions, meaning Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof come in.
David de Gea starts in goal ahead of Sergio Romero, who often appeared in cup competitions for the Red Devils last term.
Basel's major threat will come from Ricky van Wolfswinkel, who has scored seven goals in the Swiss Super League this term.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 12, 2017
Manchester United Team: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Blind, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Lukaku
Subs: Romero, Darmian, Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Rashford
Basel Team: Vaclik; Akanji, Suchy (c), Balanta; Lang, Xhaka, Zuffi, Riveros; Steffen, Van Wolfswinkel, Elyounoussi
Subs: Salvi, Gaber, Fransson, Oberlin, Schmid, Bua, Callà
"Being back in the Champions League is going back to the natural habitat," Jose Mourinho said.
"Manchester United have been there season after season.
"For some players there's the motivation of playing in it for the first time, so we look forward to the match and I hope also Old Trafford feels it in the same way we are feeling."