Manchester United are back in first team training, and it won’t be long until another long, tedious international break is finally over. Central defender Phil Jones, who hasn’t featured in well over a year, is back training this week and he could be in line to play at Leicester City on Saturday.
Marcus Rashford, who has yet to feature this season, is also full go now, having completely recovered from his shoulder surgery. However, team captain Harry Maguire has still not returned to training.
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Kickoff: Sat Oct 16, 3pm, King Power Stadium
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PL Position:ย Manchester United 4th, 14 ptsย ย Leicester Cityย 13th, 8pts
Form Guide: Manchester United DLWWWย ย Leicester City DDLLW
Odds:ย Manchester Unitedย 23/20ย ย Drawย 11/4ย ย Leicester City 8/3
While visiting local school children, for a Manchester United Foundation event, along with third string goalkeeper Tom Heaton, said the following:
โYeah it’s getting there. I still haven’t trained yet with the squad, but I am getting better, I am progressing as I should be. It is obviously a frustrating injury for me to get, but I am progressing and I will be back on the pitch soon.โ
Maguire is still a week or two away, and his partner in the first string spine of the back line, Raphael Varane, is out for what has been deemed “a few weeks” due to his groin injury. It’s being reported that he could be out even longer than 4-6 weeks, potentially, as the specific details of his injury haven’t been fully disclosed.
So it might just be Victor Lindelof and Eric Bailly as the first choice central defense pairing for awhile in the near term.
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