Breaking news : Ralf Ragnick sends message to Wan bissaka after a disappointing test he had yesterday against young boys .

Wan-Bissaka and Shaw out,

 Dalot and Telles in? Man Utd's 

misfiring full-backs facing fight

 to impress Rangnick

Ralf Rangnick’s first game as Manchester 

United's interim manager could - given the 

circumstances - barely have gone better.

The German coach only managed one 45-

minute training session with his players after 

meeting them for the first time on Friday, but

 Sunday's win over Crystal Palace provided 

clear signs that his ideas and philosophy

 were already being understood by the 

United squad.

The control that Rangnick had called for

 was there throughout as the Red Devils

 kept their first home clean sheet since 

April, while the high-press that many promised

 would accompany his arrival was evident, 

albeit not for the whole 90 minutes.

Having mostly played a 4-2-3-1 under Ole 

Gunnar Solskjaer, Rangnick opted for a 

4-2-2-2 formation, leading to a debate 

regarding which players will thrive and

 which will struggle in the new system.

For ex-United star Rio Ferdinand, two

 names stand out when it comes to the latter.

"I've got to be honest, [Aaron] Wan-Bissaka 

has got a hell of a job getting back 

in this team. The same for Luke Shaw,”

 Ferdinand said on his 5ive podcast. 

"They've both got one hell of a job.

"One thing this manager likes is full-backs 

who can actually play and get on the ball."

Rangnick's system requires his full-backs 

to push forward and provide the attacking 

threat from wide areas, especially when his

 attacking midfielders (on Sunday that was 

Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho) 

come inside to link the play.

Such tactics, of course, are not revolutionary

, with modern full-backs expected to 

contribute to their side’s attacking play, 

but it is something that has not been as 

important at United in the past few years

 due to the formation they largely played 

under Solskjaer.

“He’s not been asked to venture forward

 much earlier in his career,” the Norweigian 

said of Wan-Bissaka earlier this year

. “Aaron has the time ahead of him 

and we’ll give him time. In a year or two, 

you’ll see a top, top full-back.”

Rangnick, however, does not have the 

time to wait, and though Wan-Bissaka 

is one of the best defensive full-backs in 

the Premier League - especially when 

faced with one-on-one situations - he 

struggles when tasked with delivering 

crosses into the penalty area.

One player who does have that attacking 

skillset, though, is the man who could 

be about to replace Wan-Bissaka 

long-term: Diogo Dalot.

The Portugal international has started 

back to back Premier League games 

for the first time since April 2019, and if 

he does not retain his place in the line-up 

against Young Boys on Wednesday, then

 that will be because he is being rested

 for what is a meaningless game, rather 

than dropped after two impressive displays.

Dalot played well when he replaced the 

injured Wan-Bissaka against Arsenal, but 

was even better against Palace.

His best moment came midway through

 the first half as he delivered a perfect 

cross into the box looking for the head of 

Cristiano Ronaldo. Though it did not 

result in a United goal, it was the sort of 

delivery that Wan-Bissaka does not have 

in his locker, and another ball into the box 

in the second half eventually led 

to Fred's long-range winner.

Those close to Dalot have felt for some 

time that he is better going forward than 

Wan-Bissaka, but within the United dressing

 room the belief was that Solskjaer 

would not rotate from his favourite players, 

no matter their level of performance.

The Norwegian had players he preferred,

 and consequently Dalot, who had offers 

to go out on loan again in the summer 

after his successful spell at AC Milan 

in 2020-21, was limited to just two starts 

this season before Solskjaer’s sacking.

Rangnick is now starting from scratch,

 and given Dalot's raw statistics - he 

averages more passes in the final third, 

more final third entries and more crosses 

than Wan-Bissaka per 90 minutes - 

he could well be the regular starting 

right-back going forward.

That would be vindication for Dalot,

 who has always vowed to fight for his 

place at Old Trafford. It will put pay to any

 potential loan move in January (Jose 

Mourinho's Roma are one of the clubs 

interested in such a deal), but the coming

 weeks and months present the 

22-year-old with a chance to finally nail 

down a position in the United team in 

what is his fourth season at Old Trafford.

"There's no secret that it's difficult when

 you don’t play as much as you wanted,” 

Dalot said this week. “But it's our job to get 

ready, and I've been doing that for a 

couple months now, especially this 

season, being ready when my time 

comes to give everything on the pitch.

"Help the team, that's most important 

thing, and I'm very happy to have this 

momentum and be out there with the

 team."

Over on the left, Shaw certainly 

has more of a chance of keeping his 

place under Rangnick, though Alex Telles 

has impressed in the England international's 

absence this past week and too has the 

attacking instincts to be effective in 

United's new system.

After a superb season last term, Shaw

 endured a shaky start to the new campaign

, and those struggles, coupled with 

Telles' form, could mean he too faces a 

spell on the sidelines if he cannot prove 

himself on the training pitch.

Gone, then, are the days of Solskjaer 

playing favourites at Manchester United.

 Rangnick is in charge now, and his idea 

of the ideal full-back could be about to give

 new leases of life to two forgotten 

men of the previous regime.