Eric Bailly makes a plea to Ralf Rangnick to start him ahead of Harry Maguire.

Manchester United’s Eric Baily has made a plea to start a game amid his lack of game time this season.

The 28-year-old lost his place in the squad with Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, and Phil Jones starting ahead of him.

Bailly has made only four appearances in the Premier League and seven in all competitions this term, with his last appearance coming in the 3-1 win over Burnley on December 30.

However, the defender took to social media to make a plea to start ahead of United’s visit to Arsenal on Saturday.

Under training photos posted by the club on Instagram, a fan commented, ‘start bailly x Varane’, and Bailly replied: ‘please’, followed by a laughing emoji and a pair of praying hands.