Manchester United defenders Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof have each been dominated out for “not less than a month” attributable to muscle accidents suffered in current days.
The membership confirmed the double harm blow in an announcement on Tuesday night time.
Lindelof picked up a hamstring pressure throughout Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Brentford within the Premier League, with the Swede unable to complete the competition in west London in consequence.
Martinez changed Lindelof after 69 minutes of the sport in his eagerly awaited comeback from a earlier knee criticism. However having registered his first look since February, a calf pressure in coaching has now sidelined the Argentina worldwide once more.
It has been an injury-ravaged 12 months for Martinez. The previous Ajax centre-back fractured a metatarsal in a Europa League conflict with Sevilla final April, forcing him to overlook the tip of the season. He subsequently aggravated it in August and performed on for a pair extra video games earlier than being dominated out of motion till January. He began solely 3 times earlier than February’s knee downside.
Raphael Varane was withdrawn at half-time in opposition to Brentford as a precaution. His absence from United’s assertion about Martinez and Lindelof could be a sign the Frenchman is just not a severe concern. Jonny Evans was additionally lacking from the squad on Saturday attributable to harm.
As issues stand, Harry Maguire is the one senior central defender presently identified to be match and accessible forward of United’s journey again to London to face Chelsea within the Premier League on Thursday. Luke Shaw has stuffed in however the left-back can be presently sidelined by means of harm.
Varane or Evans may but be in competition for the Chelsea conflict except Erik ten Hag confirms in any other case at his press convention on Wednesday. If neither is, 19-year-old academy graduate Willy Kwambala could possibly be in line for less than the second first-team begin of his profession. Alternatively, the United boss might repurpose defensive midfielders Casemiro or Sofyan Amrabat on the again.
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