Team News: Mkhitaryan fit to face Manchester United and Arsenal hand out debut


Arsene Wenger has handed a debut to young centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos, who hasn’t featured for the first team since signing in January, as they prepare to face Manchester United.

Meanwhile Henrikh Mkhitaryan returns from injury to face his former club, and Alexis Sanchez will line-up against the Gunners for the first time since trading places with the Armenian.

Elsewhere Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returns up front for the visitors as expected owing to the fact that he is ineligible to face Atletico in Madrid on Thursday.

There are also starts for youngsters Reiss Nelson and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, while David Ospina starts in place of Petr Cech and Calum Chambers makes a rare appearance at centre-back.

 

Team News: Mkhitaryan fit to face Manchester United and Arsenal hand out debut

 

Jose Mourinho names one change from the victory against Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final, with Victor Lindelof coming in for Phil Jones at centre-back.

Jesse Lingard - the match winner earlier in the season at the Emirates, continues to get the nod in support of Romelu Lukaku, with Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial all on the substitutes bench.