Best Man Utd players + predicted line-up for FPL 2024/25

Our Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team previews continue with Manchester United.

The Red Devils will be hoping to return to the top four this season after a truly disappointing 2023/24 campaign.

In these team guides, we’ll be looking at the best players from each club for the upcoming campaign. We’ll also take a stab at predicted line-ups for Gameweek 1, review pre-season and more.

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MAN UTD: REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

United should be able to move up the table if they can improve defensively.

As poor as they were at the back last season, there is cautious optimism that with fewer injuries they will be able to perform much better.

Firstly, Lisandro Martinez (£4.5m) and Luke Shaw (£5.0m) are back fit.

Teenager Leny Yoro (£4.5m) adds further depth once he returns from injury, while Bayern Munich pair Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui are expected to sign this week.

If Erik ten Hag can add a defensive midfielder before the window closes, whilst playing with a more defined structure, they should have a strong enough backline to improve.

“I just checked with the doctor, and the doctor was the person I spoke to most last season, and it seems that everyone is [starting to] come good.” – Erik ten Hag speaking to MUTV following Saturday’s Community Shield defeat

Despite losing on penalties to Manchester City on Saturday, positive signs were shown. Indeed, they limited the champions to just 0.48 expected goals (xG).

They’ve also recruited well over the summer, with Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee (£7.0m) already through the door.

MAN UTD: REASONS TO BE FEARFUL

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Firmino

4 months, 15 days ago

Henderson
TAA Gvardiol Barco
Salah Jota Eze Rogers
Haaland Isak Joao Pedro

Slicker; Bobb, Robinson, Harwood-Bellis

Thoughts on this team? Bobb will play GW2 and 3, Joao Pedro GW1, 2, 4, 5 and Rogers GW1, 3, 4, 5

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Firmino
4 months, 15 days ago
Planning to save all transfers and wildcard GW6
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1. Traction Engine Foot
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Suspect that might not happen, but it's a good team. No spurs or arsenal would concern me though.
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2. tmstrand
  4 months, 14 days ago
  Wouldn't you lose all your saved transfers once you wildcard..?
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Eric Banternaaa
4 months, 15 days ago
Will be lucky to save all transfers. Not think Rogers is a rotation risk?
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1. Firmino
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Maybe but not in the first gameweeks, I'll have Bobb on the bench if so.
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Stimps

A) Bruno, Porro
B) Saka, Barco

Firmino
4 months, 15 days ago
B but you need to have someone rotate with Barco. Robinson is a good shout
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x.jim.x

Tchouameni
Caicedo
Lavia
Alonso
Zubimendi

Rejected by 5 midfielders in 3 years, oof that's rough

Moneymar
4 months, 15 days ago
Only loss here is Tchouameni
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1. x.jim.x
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Crazy take
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Eric Banternaaa
4 months, 15 days ago
Caicedo & Lavia had a good season last year.. Tchou is the only big miss.
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1. x.jim.x
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Caicedo would walk into that midfield and improve it massively, behave
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  1. Eric Banternaaa
    4 months, 15 days ago
    Think he's worth 110M?
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    1. x.jim.x
      4 months, 15 days ago
      Liverpool did last season
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Firmino
4 months, 15 days ago
Tbh they would have also rejected United
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1. x.jim.x
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Tchouameni and Zubimendi is the only one for definite. You messed Caicedo and Lavia around and missed out.
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2. Skalla
  4 months, 15 days ago
  Xabi Alonso would have jumped at the chance to go to United...and play in our midfield next to Kobbie for a massive wage 🙂
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Eric Banternaaa

Managed to last until 3 days before to do my first draft, after looking at everyone's teams that have been shared I have decided on the below, thoughts?

Henderson
TAA Quansah Hall
Son Jota Gordan Bobb
Haaland Isak Solanke

Mathews, Nkunku, Barco, Harwood-Bellis

Only consideration at the minute is Goran > Eze.

Ze_Austin
4 months, 15 days ago
I fear a forced wildcard here

You might have no bench by GW4: Bobb, Hall (if Trippier stays, which we might not know until the window closes), Quansah, Jota, Barco

I'm not against one or two risks, but these are a few too many for me

Also, Matthews locks down a Palace spot, while most of their appeal under Glasner has been from attacking returns
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1. Eric Banternaaa
  4 months, 15 days ago
  We still get a transfer a week, I think a lot of people are trying to roll as many transfers as possible which is driving decisions.
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Red Red Robins
4 months, 15 days ago
Very nice team, just not sure on double Pool defence
Id keep Gordan over Eze
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Warby84

Might just go for 2x4m defenders, tempted to just play Robinson/Barco GW1

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Has anyone seen xGI/90 data for pre-season?

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Moneymar

Nkunku or Garnacho GW1?

Men in green tights
4 months, 15 days ago
Cho
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Miguel Sanchez

Would you rather captain in GW1:

A) Son (lei)
B) Salah (ips)

Men in green tights
4 months, 15 days ago
B
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Make FPL Casual Again

Gonna start with Palmer...after his double figure return vs City, it'll be a mass "why didn't we just pay more attention to what he did last year..."

Allows Jota instead of Rogers & Co.

John Colby (C)

It may be an unpopular suggestion but I reckon Rashford could be a terrific pick from the go this season.
No Hojlund for the opening month or so - in the Charity Shield it afforded him the opportunity to have clear strikes on the city goal. Ok yes he didn’t take them but to me he looked a real threat against a good city team without some of their top stars and he got into the right positions to have those chances. He had a good if unspectacular tour of the US and there’s talk that RVN will have a really positive impact on Marcus’s output.

Mambino
4 months, 15 days ago
His finishing was terrible in the charity shield it has put me off
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g40steve
4 months, 15 days ago
Don’t bother
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Hog Roast Junkie

Constantly swapping between Salah and no-Salah

A) Salah and ESR
B) Saka and Jota

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FPL_RubberDucky

4 months, 14 days ago

Apologies for the stupid question. Are there heat maps of players positions in pre-season friendlies?
Im looking for Arsenal's

King Prawn

4 months, 13 days ago

Not seeing a lot of love for Ben White here. Top scoring defender last season, attacking and in the best defence in the league. Why’s he not in more drafts?