Ex-Manchester United star talks about facing the Red Devils in the Premier League

The upcoming Manchester United home fixture will be a special game for West Ham fullback Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The 26-year-old joined the Hammers in a £15 million transfer move from the Red Devils after playing five seasons at Old Trafford. Thus, this ninth league match will be the first game where Wan-Bissaka would face his former side since parting ways with them in order to arrive at the London Stadium.

In the current Manchester United squad, Wan-Bissaka has played multiple seasons with top players such as Bruno Fernandes, Lisandro Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho. Therefore, Wan-Bissaka is well-familiar with the strengths and abilities of his former teammates, which can be the key for Julen Lopetegui's side to take an encouraging result from this match.

Ex-Manchester United star talks about facing the Red Devils in the Premier League

Expressing his excitement to face Manchester United, Wan-Bissaka said,

"It'll be quite special. I haven’t seen them in a while so to come up against them it’ll be mixed emotions, you know, but the main focus is to come up with a win and produce a whole team performance."

- Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Talking about the importance of this match, Wan-Bissaka expressed West Ham's ambition to secure the much-needed three points after a fourth consecutive league defeat against a top Premier League side. Moreover, Wan-Bissaka would be tasked with keeping away Manchester United’s in-form left-winger Alejandro Garnacho from creating huge goal scoring chances from near the box.

The Argentina international has scored five goals and provided four assists for Manchester United across all competitions this season, and constantly sparks creativity and flair to Erik Ten Hag's side while going forward. If the 20-year-old continues his brilliant form against West Ham, Julen Lopetegui's side will have to score multiple goals to take some points from this fixture.

Hence, Wan-Bissaka needs to man-mark Garnacho on the right side of the defence and the versatile fullback shouldn’t leave much enough space behind West Ham's defence while contributing in the build up play. Further, keeping a clean-sheet against the Red Devils will require a good defensive display from the Hammers, who will rely on the centre-back partnership of Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo to repeat their resilient defensive efforts from the Ipswich Town match.

A huge win for West Ham will lead them to improve their position in the Premier League table and go above Manchester United, while another defeat can hinder their ambitions to qualify for playing European football next season. Thus, it remains to be seen whether Julen Lopetegui's side can take a great result from their fifth home fixture in the Premier League.