Amorim could mix things up further by moving the Dutchman to the central centre-back position and Maguire to the left. Maguire has experience playing as the left-sided defender in a three for England and Hull City but he is more of a ball-carrying centre-back than a passer.

Paul Scholes appeared to criticise Ruben Amorim ’s tactics during Manchester United ’s last-gasp victory against Leicester City in the FA Cup on Friday night. United delivered a dismal first-half performance at Old Trafford and were behind at the break as Bobby De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring for Leicester.