Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has this evening opened up on his team selection for Manchester United’s showdown with Granada.

Carmenes clash

The Red Devils are of course set to get their European campaign back underway shortly.

After ousting AC Milan in the round-of-16 prior to the international break, Solskjaer and co. will now turn their attentions towards booking a spot in the Europa League’s final-4.

Standing in United’s way, though, are one of the competition’s surprise packages thus far, in the form of La Liga outfit Granada.

Manchester United’s Ivorian midfielder Amad Diallo (C) celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg football match between Manchester United and AC Milan at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on March 11, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

The Spanish club, despite an altogether shaky domestic campaign to date, have impressed on the continent, en route to two-legged victories over both Napoli and Molde.

As such, whilst United will head into proceedings as clear favourites to secure a first-leg advantage tonight, the Premier League giants will no doubt be wary of their hosts’ readiness to spring a surprise.

‘Show that he’s a top goalkeeper’

Ahead of the action getting underway at the Estadio de Los Cármenes, meanwhile, the XI entrusted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to get the job done was unveiled a short time ago.

There were three changes in total from United’s weekend victory over Brighton, with all of Dan James, Scott McTominay and, most notably, David de Gea introduced:

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In turn, speaking during a pre-match interview, Solskjaer was inevitably drawn on de Gea replacing Dean Henderson between the posts.

And the United boss went on to explain:

‘David [De Gea] wants to play every game. But especially here in Spain I’m sure he wants to play and show that he’s a top goalkeeper.’

🔊 Sound on for a word from the boss, who discusses the 3️⃣ changes he’s made to tonight’s #MUFC XI…

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On Marcus Rashford – who was viewed as a major injury doubt for this evening – also being named in his starting XI, Solskjaer added:

‘Marcus says he’s okay, a little bit sore, but he’s not worried about the injury at all. There was no doubt in my head about playing him.’

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	31	45	74
2	Manchester United FC	30	25	60
3	Leicester City FC	30	19	56
4	West Ham United FC	30	11	52
5	Chelsea FC	30	16	51
6	Tottenham Hotspur FC	30	19	49
7	Liverpool FC	30	15	49
8	Everton FC	29	3	47
9	Aston Villa FC	29	11	44
10	Arsenal FC	30	5	42
11	Leeds United	30	-1	42
12	Crystal Palace FC	30	-16	38
13	Southampton FC	30	-14	36
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	30	-11	35
15	Burnley FC	30	-16	33
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	30	-5	32
17	Newcastle United FC	30	-20	29
18	Fulham FC	31	-17	26
19	West Bromwich Albion	30	-34	21
20	Sheffield United FC	30	-35	14

Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	19
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	18
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	16
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	14
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	14
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	12
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	11
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	11
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	9
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City FC	9
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City FC	9
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	9
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	9
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	9
Maddison, James	Leicester City FC	8

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	8
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	8
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0	7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	7
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	6
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United	0	7
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	6
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	6
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	6
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	0	6
Tielemans, Youri	Leicester City FC	0	6
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	5
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	6
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	6
Klich, Mateusz	Leeds United	0	6

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	9
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Raphinha	Leeds United	6
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	6
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	5
Maddison, James	Leicester City FC	5
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United FC	5
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	5