While there isn't a standout player to
replace Rojo at present, Jonathan Silva could develop into a superior player to him given time.
Distribution wasn't always great but slotted in to
replace Rojo and did his job well considering his recent injury woes.
The big team news as far as United are concerned is that Wayne Rooney returns to the starting line - up and reclaims the captain's armband in the absence of Ibrahimovic with Anthony Martial alongside him, while Daley Blind comes in at the back to
replace Rojo as Mourinho makes eight changes in total from midweek.
Not exact matches
Louis van Gaal, who brought
Rojo to United from Sporting Lisbon for # 16m in 2014, is under pressure and could be
replaced by Jose Mourinho, The Mirror adds.
As
Rojo moves to the left due to the suspended Shaw, Smalling should come off the bench to
replace him in the centre.
Although normally a centre - back, Marcos
Rojo can fill in on the left and was the player Louis van Gaal picked to
replace Luke Shaw when he went off injured against PSV.
The Red Devils recently brought in Marcos
Rojo from Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth around # 16m, but it has been suggested that one more signing in defence could be made as van Gaal seeks to
replace both Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, who both left Old Trafford at the end of their contracts last season.
According to Don Balon, Jose Mourinho is keen to work with Varane again, and he could
replace Marcos
Rojo as he's linked with Paris Saint - Germain, while Real also look to make changes at the back by signing AC Milan centre - back Leonardo Bonucci.
Shaw started against Manchester City in the 2 - 1 defeat at Old Trafford over the weekend but has been axed and
replaced by Marcos
Rojo going into tonight's game in Rotterdam.
Replacing under - performers such as Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos
Rojo will be a priority, while Michael Carrick's retirement at the end of this campaign also means the manager's search for a new holding midfield player makes perfect sense.
The incident, which came in the 24th minute, ended the left - back's evening, with the former Southampton player requiring oxygen as he was stretchered off, to be
replaced with Marcos
Rojo.
Chelsea = Costa, Fabregas, Luis Felipe and Courtois Man Utd =
Rojo, Shaw, Herrera and Di Maria close with couple of more signings to come Liverpool = Markovic, Lovren, Moreno, Balotelli, Manquillo, Lallana, Can and Lambert These teams have not just
replaced the players that left but also added quality whereas Arsenal = Fabianski
replaced by Ospina, Sagna
replaced by Debuchy, Vermaelen
replaced by Chambers.
In Shaw's absence, United have struggled to find a reliable left - back to
replace him in the role with Matteo Darmian, Cameron Borthwick - Jackson, Ashley Young and Marcos
Rojo all performing there throughout the course of the season.
Jose Mourinho made five changes from the side that drew 1 - 1 with Stoke City last weekend with Matteo Darmian, Marcos
Rojo, Michael Carrick, Jesse Lingard, and Marcus Rashford
replacing Antonio Valencia, Daley Blind, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Timothy Fosu - Mensah made his senior Manchester United debut against Arsenal, playing 35 minutes after coming off the bench to
replace Marcos
Rojo at left - back.
Rojo was down again in the aftermath of that chance, with him being stretchered off and Daley Blind
replacing him.