Man Utd face West Ham in the Premier League on Tuesday as Michael Carrick looks to make it five wins in a row since being appointed head coach until the end of the season.
Teenager Tyler Fletcher is in the Manchester United squad for the trip to West Ham on Tuesday after coming off the bench to make his debut in the win against Tottenham at the weekend. United took the train from Stockport to London on Monday afternoon ahead of the fixture at the London Stadium tomorrow night, when Carrick will be looking to continue his perfect start to life as the club’s latest head coach.
Saturday’s 2-0 win against Tottenham was a fourth successive win for United under Carrick and Fletcher, 18, followed in the footsteps of twin brother Jack by making his first-team debut this season, coming off the bench in the 89th minute.
Carrick had already ruled Mason Mount and Matthijs de Ligt out of the trip to the capital, although Mount is expected back when United face Everton in two weeks. Patrick Dorgu is out for a couple of months with a hamstring injury.
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Photographers snapped 20 players boarding the train, and the only member of the squad from Saturday who wasn’t seen was Leny Yoro, although that doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t be involved. Three of the 20 were goalkeepers and with Tom Heaton likely to drop out of the matchday squad, it would still leave United one player short of naming nine substitutes.
United will face a West Ham team who have just started to find some form. Although they remain in the relegation zone they have won three of their last four Premier League games and will present a different kind of test for Carrick, who is looking to continue a perfect start since being appointed head coach until the end of the season.
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“I think you’ve got to go into the game understanding the situation of both teams,” he said. “We’ve tried to paint that picture to the players in every game we’ve played so far and it’ll be the same come Tuesday night.
“The type of game, the feel of the game, what kind of skills we’re going to have to try and draw on. Different games throw up different things. Teams towards the bottom of the league are really fighting for things, but so are we, and we’ve got a lot to fight for, so you’d like to think that balances out in some ways and it’s who can come out on top at the end of it.”
Confirmed travelling squad members: Senne Lammens, Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Diogo Dalot, Noussair Mazraoui, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Ayden Heaven, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte, Kobbie Mainoo, Tyler Fletcher, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Amad, Joshua Zirkzee, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko.