A trio of African players will be looking to help Manchester United get the better of Manchester City when the teams meet in the FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium in London on the afternoon of Saturday 10 August 2024.

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Amad Diallo – Manchester United

• Born: 11 July 2020 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

• Position: Winger, attacking midfielder
• Jersey number: 19
• Senior club career: Atalanta (Italy, 2019-2021); Manchester United (England, 2021-present); Rangers (Scotland, 2022, loan); Sunderland (England, 2022-2023, loan).
• National team stats: 4 appearances, 1 goal.
• Man United stats: 21 appearances, 3 goals.
• Club career stats: 81 appearances, 21 goals.

The Ivorian winger is being hyped for a big season with United, having overcome a knee injury which kept him sidelined for much of the 2023-24 campaign. The 22-year-old is hoping his speed, skill and determined attitude put him ahead of Antony and Jadon Sancho for a starting berth on the right flank.

Andre Onana – Manchester United

• Born: 2 April 1996 in Nkol Ngog, Cameroon
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Jersey number: 24
• Senior club career: Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands, Reserve Team 2015-2016, First Team 2016-2022); Inter Milan (Italy, 2022-2023); Manchester United (England, 2023-present)
• National team stats: 40 appearances.
• Man United stats: 51 appearances.
• Club career stats: 345 appearances.

Onana’s first season at United did not go exactly to plan, though the Cameroonian goalkeeper showed enough glimpses of his shot-stopping genius to suggest that he could thrive at Old Trafford. The 28-year-old will want to keep Man City’s attack at bay in this season’s curtain-raiser at Wembley.

Hannibal Mejbri

• Born: 21 January 2003 in Paris, France (represents Tunisia internationally)
• Position: Midfielder
• Jersey number: 46
• Senior club career: Manchester United (England, 2021-present); Birmingham City (England, 2022-2023, loan); Sevilla (Spain, 2024, loan)
• National team stats: 27 appearances, 0 goals
• Man United stats: 13 appearances, 1 goal.
• Club career stats: 65 appearances, 21 goals.

French-born Tunisian Hannibal Mejbri has a well-rounded game which could yet make him a Man United regular, though he is being strongly linked with a move away from the club – with Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic said to be competing for his services.

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FA Community Shield broadcast details

Saturday 10 August

16:00 (CAT): Manchester United v Manchester City – LIVE on Football Plus