How Man Utd could line-up at Chelsea with Odion Ighalo

Odion Ighalo  is in line to make his Manchester United debut in tonight’s clash against Chelsea.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side remain without Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay for the trip to Stamford Bridge.

Solskjaer confirmed last week that former Watford striker Ighalo will travel to London with the squad.

He said: “He’ll travel with us and let’s see if he’s involved or not.

“He’s done his [training programme] and it was always going to be a case of him having to integrate into the group anyway after having been out in China.

“He needs to get used to the players and the team and up to speed as quick as he can.”

Ighalo made his first appearance at United’s Carrington base on Sunday following his Deadline Day move from Shanghai Shenhua.

The 30-year-old had been training alone as a precautionary measure amidst coronavirus fears.

But he could lead the line for United as they look to bounce back from the bore draw with Wolves at the start of the month.

De Gea looks set to start between the sticks with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw ahead of him.

Nemanja Matic is likely to start alongside Fred – who jetted off to the Maldives for his second honeymoon earlier this month.

And Bruno Fernandes is in line to make his first appearance for the club away from home.

United’s squad flew to Marbella in Spain for a warm-weather training camp during the Premier League’s winter break.

McTominay and team-mate Axel Tuanzebe travelled with them, but will not be fit for the clash against Lampard’s side.

Pogba remains out of action with an ankle injury while Rashford continues his recovery from a back problem.

Solskjaer added: “I don’t think we’ll get anyone back for the Chelsea game.

“Because Scotty, Axel, Tim, they didn’t join too much so they’re not ready to play that game. And Paul is not ready, of course.

“How do we go about playing without Marcus, Paul, Scott? You deal with it.

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“We’ve got players who are going to get a chance. They’ve now had a rest, a great rest.”