Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick is confident the players can handle a change of formation.
The 63-year-old, who has been at the club for just over a month, explained his thoughts about a variety of possible formations.
“Well, I think most teams have their system in England and they stick to it," Rangnick said.
“But there are also teams who switch from a back three to a back four, or from a back four to a back three.
“Or - like Bayern Munich, for example, or [RB] Leipzig, who also did it last season with Julien Nagelsmann - even if they play defensively in a back four, they try to rotate within this system, this formation, to a little bit of an asymmetric back three.
“I think with our team, we have those two options. In order to play with a back three, we need to have most of our centre-backs available. I think under Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] the team did it, for example, in games like Tottenham, Atalanta away, or against Manchester City in the derby.
“I think we can play in the back three, this could be an option for us, but, as I said, it also depends on the players available, on the current shape and form of the players and also, to a certain extent, to the team against which we are playing."
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