Can United bounce back from Hammers defeat?

Manchester United will be looking to bounce back from their shock defeat over the weekend to West Ham United when they host Spanish outfit Valencia on MD2 in the Champions League. The Red Devils were beaten 3-1 by the fourth from bottom Hammers at the London Stadium, a result that saw them slip to 10th in the league standings, nine points behind local rivals and leaders Manchester City.

Manager Jose Mourinho’s tactics at the London Stadium left fans and pundits baffled. He went for 3 at the back, but that defensive trio included midfielder Scott McTominay being played out of position

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List of Golden Boy Nominees 2018- Golden Boy Award 40 Player Shortlist

Here is the 40 player shortlist for the 2018 Golden Boy award. The award was won last season by Kylian Mbappe, who is also the favourite to win it this year. If Mbappe wins, he will become the first player to win it twice. The vast majority of nominees-10, a quarter of them, ply their trade in France, with Mbappe’s PSG themselves having three representatives- the most of any club.

List of Golden Boy nominees by club and country of club/league

Golden Boy nominees from Premier League/England

Liverpool: Trent Alexander Arnold
Man Utd: Diogo Dalot
Everton: Tom Davies
Man City: Phil Foden

Golden Boy 2018 nominees from Ligue 1/ France

Toulouse: Kelvin Amian, Manu Garcia
Lyon: Houssem Aouar
PSG: Moussa Diaby, Kylian Mbappe, Timothy Weah
Marseille: Boubacar Kamara
Dijon: Jules Keita
Monaco: Pietri Pellegri
Rennes: Ismaila Sarr

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