Leroy Sane hangs out with Danny Simpson and Danny Williams as the Manchester City star prepares to cheer on his friend against United

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Leroy Sane will be hoping Huddersfield can defeat Manchester United on Saturday and it appears he gave his friend Danny Williams a pep talk ahead of the fixture. 

Sane and Williams, who were joined by Leicester full back Danny Simpson, went out for drinks on Thursday as they took a rare breather from football. It is not known how the trio struck up a friendship.

The Germany international's Manchester City are top of the Premier League with a two-point lead over their neighbours after eight games. 

Danny Simpson (far left), Leroy Sane (centre) and Danny Williams hang out on Thursday

Sane (left, pictured with Elseid Hysaj) has impressed for Manchester City in recent weeks

Williams will be hoping to cause an upset when Huddersfield host Manchester United

And Williams' Huddersfield have the chance of causing an upset this weekend when they host Jose Mourinho's men at The John Smith's Stadium. 

Williams will be pushing for a start after returning from a foot injury during Huddersfield's 2-0 defeat by Swansea last weekend.  

Sane, on the other hand, is expected to start for Manchester City as they entertain Burnley. 

The 21-year-old winger will be brimming with confidence after playing a key role in City's fine start to the campaign in the Premier League and Champions League. 

Sane played the full 90 minutes on Tuesday as Pep Guardiola's side defeated Napoli 2-1 to make it three wins out of three in Group F. 

Simpson, meanwhile, will be preparing to play under caretaker manager Michael Appleton for the first time following Craig Shakespeare's sacking. 

Appleton said of Shakespeare's dismissal: 'Obviously the meeting before we went out to training was a little bit raw. 

'People were disappointed and wanted questions answering, but I'm not the person for that. 

'From my point of view it's all the questions that are for certain senior members and not myself. I didn't release Craig and I'm not sure of the reasons why. If there's a million and one questions thrown at me regarding "why this?" and "why that?" then you're probably asking the wrong person.'

Simpson (centre) and his team-mates saw their manager Craig Shakespeare lose his job