With Tommy Doyle and James McAtee ineligible to face their parent club in the final-four clash, United have been denied the services of two of their most influential players in recent weeks – to add to the already unenviable task of facing Pep Guardiola’s Premier League superstars.
With that in mind, we tasked our Blades writers James Shield and Danny Hall to pick the side they would send out to face City in a bid to reach the club’s first FA Cup final since 1936. Here's what they came up with ...
25. Oli McBurnie
I thought long and hard about giving Daniel Jebbison the nod, because he can stretch the game. But don’t overcomplicate things. Against supposedly the best team in the world, you need to pick your strongest starting eleven as it stands. Photo: Andrew Yates