Manchester United will have to change their formation to accommodate Juan Mata

Possibility 2

However, once both Rooney and van Persie are both fit, it becomes a problem for David Moyes to play them together in the 4-2-3-1 formation without playing Wayne Rooney in a wider role. Rooney doesn’t like playing out wide and will be vying for a more central position, the one being occupied by Juan Mata, buyt Mata becomes a lot less effective when he’s asked to play wide, meaning that it’ll only be their starting position on the pitch, and they’ll be free to roam around and dictate play.

Moyes will have the option of playing Valencia on the right to have a consistent outlet on the right, or he can choose to go with Shinji Kagawa or Adnan Januzaj to form a very fluid attacking midfield trio, who’ll constantly move around, and be difficult to pin down which could be a really exciting prospect for the fans.