Manchester United starting XI vs Chelsea for FA Cup final leaked embarrassingly early with huge star missing out

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Manchester United’s starting eleven to face Chelsea in today’s FA Cup was reportedly been leaked with one key star missing out. 

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Reports surfacing this afternoon suggested that Romelu Lukaku will not start for Manchester United vs Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley.

The Manchester Evening News picked up on various reports making the rounds on social media that suggested that United will start with the following starting eleven; De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young, Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Sanchez.

Lukaku will reportedly not be fit enough for today’s FA Cup final

It subsequently means that Belgian talisman Romelu Lukaku has been unable to regain sufficient fitness levels to start at Wembley this evening in a must-win final for Jose Mourinho’s side. Both Chelsea and United have been unable to secure any silverware this season with Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho’s seasons appearing to hinge on today’s result.

The team leak news may have surfaced from reports this afternoon that the Red Devils’ line-up had been revealed by the BBC in their build-up coverage to today’s big event.

Did BBC footage accidentally reveal United’s starting eleven?

The Mirror reported this afternoon that BBC presenter Dan Walker showed viewers around the United dressing room in which the United player’s shirts appeared to be arranged in a very particular order.

The leaked news proved to be correct after United announced their starting eleven with no Lukaku. Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were also chosen at centre-back by Jose Mourinho.

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