Sevilla vs Man United: Probable Line-ups – Mourinho Receives Boost But Euro Giants Target Ruled Out

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Manchester United face Sevilla for the first time in UEFA club competition in the Champions League Last 16 first-leg clash in Spain on Wednesday.

Jose Mourinho is however, no stranger to the La Liga outfit.

Mourinho has played Sevilla eight times, winning seven, losing once, with his sides scoring 23 goals while conceding just six.

The Portuguese manager faced the prospect of missing several key players heading into the tie through injury.

Mourinho will welcome back Paul Pogba who is likely to start after recovering from illness.

Ander Herrera, Marcus Rashford and Antonio Valencia all recovered in time and were on the plane after recovering from issues of their own.

Marouane Fellaini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones are still out.

Galatasaray were expected to scout Fellaini had he been fit, the Lions have been monitoring the Belgium international.

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Turkish outlet Milliyet claim the combative midfielder is close to putting pen-to-paper on a five-year contract with the Istanbul giants.

Per the source, the Lions have surged ahead of Besiktas in the race to sign the 30-year-old.

The report state that Galatasaray officials met with Fellaini’s representatives in Antalya and that a deal between the two parties has been agreed.

Sevilla vs Man United

Sevilla: Rico; Navas, Mercado, Lenglet, Escudero; N’Zonzi, Banega; Muriel, Vázquez, Sarabia; Ben Yedder
Out: Carriço (muscular), Kjær (back)
Misses next match if booked: Banega, Escudero, Mercado

Man. United: De Gea; Valencia, Lindelöf, Bailly, Young; Matić, Herrera; Lingard; Alexis, Pogba; Lukaku
Out: Rojo (unspecified), Jones (unspecified), Fellaini (knee), Ibrahimović (knee)
Misses next match if booked: Lingard