Why Man Utd will wear different home shirt for Premier League clash with West Ham

Manchester United will take advantage of a little-known Football Association rule to wear a different home shirt for Sunday's clash with . The Red Devils will host Graham Potter's side with three games to go in the season.

On Thursday, Ruben Amorim's men booked their place in the final of the . Amorim has already admitted that his full attention now rests on that game in Bilbao in a fortnight.

But club chiefs are keen to finish the season strongly, with United sitting down in 15th. The Red Devils will be making history on Sunday by swapping out their iconic home shirt for the first time.

Instead of their normal kit, United will wear a special-edition shirt for the visit of the Hammers. The kit will bear the logo of the RED charity, in place of usual sponsors Snapdragon.

The brand have donated their logo space to promote RED's life-saving work through its Global Fund, which focuses on tackling the world's deadliest pandemics, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

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To change kits, United have taken advantage of the little-known section 6(d) of the FA's Kit and Advertising Regulations. The rule allows clubs to temporarily replace their main shirt sponsor with the logo of a charitable organisation for up to three charities a season.

This will be the first time a charitable organisation has appeared on the front of a United shirt for a league fixture. The move has been backed by legendary skipper .

He said: "By donating the front-of-shirt logo, Snapdragon is showing the that football can drive real change. Together, we can unite millions of fans to fight global health injustice, harnessing the power of football to make a difference and create a brighter future."

In a further move in support of the charity, United, Snapdragon and RED have collaborated with Adidas to create a limited-edition merchandise collection. All net proceeds will be donated to the Global Fund, while fans will also be able to bid for the shirts worn during the matches, with the money raised also supporting the cause.

Amorim meanwhile is focused on protecting his players ahead of the crucial final against . He said: "What I will protect is the players that can get an injury. We have to manage that but they have to play and it is better to play than to stay out.

"Again, we cannot save anything from the Premier League. But I think it's a good thing for them as we'll not have a lot of trainings. They will fight for the places in the final in these games.

"We also have to acknowledge that we are and we need to win games, also in the Premier League, and we have to use every game to improve, even to prepare for the final, but, especially, to prepare for the future.

"We are trying to do our best but I agree, we can do better. But I have to make a choice. What is the best for the club not what is the best for me. I make a choice in this moment [that] I'm going to try to save all the players because it's really important for us to win the final."

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