Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has defined the choice to begin Noussair Mazraoui within the quantity 10 place towards Fenerbahce.
The Red Devils confronted Fenerbahce within the Europa League on Thursday evening with out Bruno Fernandes, who was suspended for the sport.
Christian Eriksen was initially touted to fill the void, however Ten Hag made the shock choice to function Mazraoui from the attacking position.
Mazraoui has been a right-back for many of his profession, however Ten Hag defined that the 26-year-old has performed as a no.10 when he was at Ajax.
He stated: “I do know him from earlier than at Ajax I performed him there. Also as a full again he performs within the half areas. So he’s succesful to do that job.”
Fernandes was unavailable for the sport after his sending-off towards Porto earlier than the worldwide break. He will return on the weekend.
United tackle West Ham on the London Stadium on Sunday and they are going to be aiming to safe back-to-back wins within the Premier League.