Manchester United have such a long injury list this season, we have to cover it in two parts. Part one can be found at this link. Here in part two we’ll cover Scott McTominay, Raphael Varane, Bruno Fernandes and Victor Lindelof.
Central defense has been absolutely atrocious, and a big part of that is due to how much the position has been decimated by injuries.
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Things are so bad, among the center backs that Casemiro has had to slot in at the position. He’s been nothing short of disaster class, simply put. Speaking of center backs, Victor Lindelof suffered a hamstring injury against Brentford, and the club has been misleading about the status of it.
He could still feature again before the season ends, but it remains to be seen if he will.
His tag team partner Raphael Varane has been out since the loss to Chelsea with an unspecified muscular injury.
Shifting gears to Bruno Fernandes, he missed his first game ever, as a United player, last time out. But he was touch-and-go up until kickoff. He should be fine to feature here.
Finally, Scott McTominay was almost passed fit to play on Monday night against Crystal Palace, but didn’t make the matchday squad. Obviously, he didn’t miss much.
“Scott didn’t train so far this week but I expect him back in training on Saturday,” Ten Hag said of McTominay ahead of the Palace rout.
“Then we will have to see up to the game if he is 100 percent available or for [only] a part in the game.”
Now with another week to build up fitness, he should be fine to feature here.
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