Two high-profile additions have us wondering just how wildly different Jose Mourinho will line-up Manchester United.
After purchasing Eric Bailly from Villarreal earlier this summer, Mourinho has now added Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
JPW took a stab at the Zlatan-centric lineup on Friday, and thinks it’ll be a solid and fashionable 4-2-3-1.
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Mkhitaryan oscillates his position on the field, and Mourinho will relish the opportunity to deploy him in different spots, while Ibrahimovic is an out-and-out center forward.
We know more big money signings are on the way but, assuming Mourinho doesn’t change his ways that much, here are two lineups we could see come August.
If Mourinho eases his way into the Old Trafford set -- ha! -- he could begin with something fairly laid back:
De Gea
Young - Smalling - Blind - Shaw
Carrick
Mkhitaryan - Rooney - Martial
Rashford - Ibrahimovic
The second comes with pretty massive changes:
De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Bailly - Shaw
Blind - Schneiderlin
Mkhitaryan - Rooney - Martial
Ibrahomivic