Although Scott McTominay will have to wait to be involved as Scotland’s tie with Ukraine has been postponed due to the current war, the destinies of Portugal (Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Dalot), Sweden (Anthony Elanga and Victor Lindelof) and Tunisia (Hannibal) will be decided.
Youngster Dylan Levitt has also been selected for Wales, although they cannot confirm participation until June at the earliest as they are in the same path as Scotland and Ukraine.
The Dragons are looking to qualify for the tournament for the first time in 64 years, and their last participation kicks off our brief history of United’s involvement in the World Cup play-offs…
1958
Jimmy Murphy was not present with the rest of the Manchester United side for our fateful return flight from Belgrade on 6 February 1958, as he’d just steered Wales to a 4-0 aggregate win over Israel in what was the first World Cup play-off.