fresh hires Although they just arrived on Thursday, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui will be in the squad.
Ten Hag faces a difficult decision over his starting lineup for the game at Old Trafford because they haven’t had much time to practice with their new teammates.
In other news, attacker Rasmus Hojlund is suffering from a hamstring injury, while new £52 million defender Leny Yoro was out for three months at the start of August due to a calf injury.
United committed to investing about £60 million to acquire Bayern Munich defenders De Ligt and Mazraoui.
Ten Hag stated, “The league begins even though the team is not ready.
“There are undoubtedly more managers with this issue, but we need to get started.
“We are unable to run away from it. We are unable to avoid that. Dealing with it is vital.”
Joshua Zirkee, United’s other summer acquisition from the Netherlands, might make his debut against Fulham after not being used as a substitute during the Community Shield loss to Manchester City.
