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Mourinho includes Mkhitaryan in Manchester United team for upcoming match with Borussia Dortmund

Mourinho includes Mkhitaryan in Manchester United team for upcoming match with Borussia 
Dortmund

YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. Jose Mourinho has revealed his Manchester United team to face Borussia Dortmund in the opening match of Tour 2016, the Manchester United website reported.

The United manager again starts with young goalkeeper Sam Johnstone following his run-out at Wigan, while Antonio Valencia, captain for the night, new signing Eric Bailly, Phil Jones and Luke Shaw make up the back four.

Daley Blind, having played all of last season at centre-back, returns to the place where he began his Reds career - in midfield, alongside Ander Herrera.

In attack, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard are expected to start out wide, with new arrival Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to line up behind Memphis who will operate as a striker.

The remaining players in the tour squad are on the bench, aside from the rested David De Gea, Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick and Tim Fosu-Mensah.

United: Johnstone, Valencia (captain), Bailly, Jones, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Memphis. Substitutes: Romero, McNair, Rojo, Tuanzebe, Januzaj, Andreas Pereira, Young, Keane, Rashford.

Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Bender, Dembélé, Aubameyang, Rode, Ramos, Kagawa, Sokratis, Castro, Schmelzer, Passlack.








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