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23rd July 2018
11:09am BST

The likes of Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes, Demetri Mitchell, Ethan Hamilton and a handful of other youngsters will be hoping to show Mourinho they can follow Scott McTominay into regular first team rotation.
After two games, though, United's best player on show has been a 35-year-old goalkeeper.
There was a fair bit of head-scratching when United announce the capture of the veteran stopper from relegated Stoke City. Mourinho had been impressed with Grant's display when Stoke came to Old Trafford, last season, and he thwarted player after player.
With Argentine back-up Sergio Romero out injured, United snapped up Grant on the cheap (£1.5m). David De Gea is expected to take back his starting spot after his summer break but Grant is outdoing 22-year-old Swiss stopper Joel Pereira at present.
He pulled off a few top-drawer saves in the 1-1 draw with Club America, in the opener, and was an assured presence behind United's back four. He confidently claimed some testing crosses and was much more vocal than the normal laconic De Gea.
Against San Jose, he got the second 45 and pulled off a couple of crucial stops on his way to a clean sheet.
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1021161644305440769
With Liverpool and Manchester City spending big over the summer, United fans are taking crumbs of comfort where they can. If it has to be a 35-year-old that will most likely be on the bench for the big games, so be it...
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Derby, Burnley, Oldham, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City... United. Grant has had to wait 18 years for a chance with a top side but he has started this stint well.Explore more on these topics: