Manchester United Plagued With Injuries Ahead Of Nottingham Clash With Jadon Sancho Unavailable And Harry Maguire Doubtful

Dec 27, 2022 at 1:19 PM

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Manchester United Plagued With Injuries Ahead Of Nottingham Clash With Jadon Sancho Unavailable And Harry Maguire Doubtful

Manchester United resume their 22/23 Premier League campaign after the World Cup break as they welcome Nottingham Forest to Old Trafford. With Cristiano Ronaldo now gone, Erik ten Hag will despite hope to continue the positive results his side have achieved in recent games, with three wins in their last four games in all competitions.

However, the Dutchman’s plans could already be disrupted with an injury crisis lingering around his squad. Ten Hag couldn’t rotate his side in their first game post the World cup break against Burnley in the Carabao Cup Round of 16 due to injuries as Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford were on target to help the Red Devils prevail. But a number of key-players were missing for United, and it could stay that when Forest visit Old Trafford.

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Ten Hag has a thin Manchester United squad to welcome Nottingham Forest in their first Premier League outing post the World Cup break. Credits: Twitter

Sancho out, Maguire, Varane doubtful for Manchester United

Ten Hag had to right away throw some of his key players in Eriksen, Rashford, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes into action against Championship side Burnley due to shortage of players. The likes of Jadon Sancho, Harry Maguire, Raphael Varan, Lisandro Martinez, Diogo Dalot were all missing from the matchday squad as the United boss is still sweating over their availability against Nottingham Forest.

Captain Harry Maguire had returned from England duty at the World Cup earlier the expected as the Three Lions were knocked out of the quarterfinals by France. However, the centre-back hasn’t been available for Ten Hag to select from as he is suffering from illness. A number of England players were reported to have caught flu ahead of their France game, with Maguire being one of them.

The defender is assessed on daily basis and remains a doubtful for the Forest game. On the other hand, Sancho didn’t even travel to Qatar with England having being left out of the squad by Gareth Southgate, is unavailable for selection against Nottingham and is not expected to return before the turn of the year. Raphael Varane too appeared to have picked up a knock against Argentina in the World Cup final which his France lost on penalties.

Lisandro Martinez, whose Argentina played against Varane’s France in the final is also busy with the La Albiceleste’s celebrations in Buenos Aires after their triumph. He has been sanctioned extra-days off, so has been Varane as the duo too won’t feature in United’s next game. Speaking to the club’s official website, Ten Hag issued updates on his players as he said:

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Manchester United duo Martinez and Varane who had a contrasting World Cup campaign too are yet to return. Credits: Twitter

”The feeling is good [for players returned from World Cup]. The players from the World Cup are back, are integrated again and you feel they are excited. [They had] massive impressions there [in Qatar], but now they are back, and you feel their energy. They are looking forward to the restart [of the Premier League].”

“We had some problems with illness like Harry Maguire, but he was back on the training pitch today so I’m happy with that,” the boss added. Returning from Rapha Varane and Licha [Lisandro] Martinez, they are not there [back at United] but we hope on their comeback [soon].”

It is going to be a headache for the Manchester United manager to pick his starting eleven, as the lack of options in centre-backs forced him to play Casemiro in that position against Burnley. The Brazilian was nonetheless solid in that makeshift role, and could assume it against Forest as well. The likes of Eriksen, Rashford, Fernandes, Shaw, Martial, Antony are expected to start as well.

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