The Manchester United legend is in interim charge following Monday's sacking of Erik ten Hag, and he is overseeing Wednesday night's Carabao Cup clash with Leicester at Old Trafford
Ruud van Nistelrooy has named his first starting XI as Manchester United manager for his side's Carabao Cup fourth round with Leicester at Old Trafford.
The side shows four changes to Ten Hag's final team in the defeat against West Ham, with goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, defender Victor Lindelof, midfielder Manuel Ugarte and forward Joshua Zirkzee coming into the side for Andre Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund. Writing in the programme notes for this evening's game, Van Nistelrooy said: "I am writing these notes with a huge amount of mixed emotions.
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