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Team News: Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads line for Manchester United at Wembley

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is named in attack for Manchester United as they take on Leicester City at Wembley in the 2016 Community Shield.

Jose Mourinho has handed Zlatan Ibrahimovic a starting role in attack for Manchester United in this afternoon's Community Shield meeting with Leicester City.

The 34-year-old, who joined on a free transfer earlier this summer amid much fanfare, is given a chance to impress up top at Wembley.

Ibrahimovic is expected to lead the way in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the Red Devils, with Wayne Rooney, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial fielded slightly deeper.

Eric Bailly is another new face on show for United in the English capital, starting in the heart of defence alongside Daley Blind, but there is no place in the starting XI for fellow summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

In terms of the visitors, Claudio Ranieri has decided against fielding any of his new recruits in a possible mark of respect to the players who won the Premier League title for the Foxes last season.

That means top-scoring striker Jamie Vardy once more starting up top, while Riyad Mahrez is also included despite talk of a move to Arsenal ahead of the new campaign.

Today's meeting will be the first time that these two sides have competed against each other at Wembley since 1963's FA Cup final, when United came out on top 3-1.

Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Mahrez, King, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy
Subs: Zieler, Hernandez, Musa, Schlupp, Gray, Ulloa, Mendy

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Martial
Subs: Romero, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Rashford

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