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Team news for Fulham encounter
Friday 24 January 2025 13:30
Manchester United must wait on the fitness of three defenders before taking on Fulham this weekend.
Noussair Mazraoui was left out of the matchday squad for the 2-1 win over Rangers in the Europa League as a precaution, after sustaining a knock during the Premier League loss to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Hopefully, the Morocco international will be available for the 19:00 GMT kick-off but head coach Ruben Amorim was concerned that Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro were both experiencing some pain during the European tie.
Both centre-backs were withdrawn and will be assessed ahead of the Craven Cottage clash.
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“I dont know,” Amorim replied, when asked about the pair during his press conference. “Leny has a pain and Mata [Matthijs] was a bruise from a touch. Leny was a little bit tired, he is playing more in this moment, so we have to be really careful and we will see. I don’t know.”
While Victor Lindelof has resumed training, another defender, Luke Shaw, is not yet ready to make his comeback.
“He is going to be fit to train with the team,” Amorim said of the England international. “Then we have to start with more minutes, we do not have a lot of time to train.
“We have to put some exercises in 10 minutes and then he has to make extra work to improve his fitness. I don’t know [when he will play], it is two weeks to start training before I think about putting him in for some minutes.”
There were five changes in total to the XI for the Gers match, including Altay Bayindir replacing Andre Onana in goal.
“We have two really good goalkeepers and they need time to play, the space in the team,” said Amorim.
Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte were rested but both came on in the second half, while Joshua Zirkzee was preferred to Rasmus Hojlund in attack.
Alejandro Garnacho performed well, with Amad switching to more of a wing-back role again, while Toby Collyer and Christian Eriksen can be pleased with their displays too.
Jonny Evans and Mason Mount are currently out due to injury.
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The Cottagers may only have two players ruled out of the game.
Kenny Tete (knee) and Reiss Nelson (thigh) appear to be unavailable for boss Marco Silva.
Andreas Pereira could play against his former club, while Adama Traore came on as a half-time substitute for Alex Iwobi and scored in the 2-0 win against Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City, last time out.
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