When Manchester United visit Sheffield on Saturday, they will once again have serious fitness issues to contend with at the back. Raphael Varane sat out the 2-1 win over Brentford due to a “minor issue.”
He should be fine, but we probably won’t know until the Friday Erik ten Hag news conference if he’ll be fit to feature.
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Ditto for Sergio Reguilon who has missed the last four games, with what has been labeled a minor hamstring injury. If it’s so minor, then how come it has kept him out for a few games? Seems kind of suspect.
There is more transparency though with Lisandro Martinez, as he had a second surgery to repair his fractured metatarsal. He’s out until the calendar year of 2024.
And with Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the same category as Martinez, long-term injury absentees, the defensive injury crisis remains.
Then you have Casemiro, who exited Brazil’s draw with Venezuela, due to an ankle injury. He’ll stay back in Brazil and work on rehabbing it, but it is understood to not be too serious. He’ll back soon enough.
Overall, this MUST be a get right game for United. Ten Hag is under fire, rightly so, due to his rough start and they need to dull the Blades, quickly and convincingly. Sheffield is winless and with just only one point on the season.
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