Friday 06 December 2024 13:45
Manchester United will have Kobbie Mainoo and Lisandro Martinez back for Nottingham Forest’s visit on Saturday evening.
The pair were suspended for the 2-0 defeat at Arsenal on Wednesday, as United frustrated the Gunners for large spells but conceded at two set-pieces.
Having served their one-match bans, they can now come back in for the clash with the East Midlanders, who we would overtake in the Premier League table with a victory.
Luke Shaw will miss the game due to injury, having suffered a ‘small setback’ prior to the Arsenal fixture.
Leny Yoro made his competitive United debut in north London and could be in with a chance of a first start, should Ruben Amorim continue with his rotation policy.
Our new head coach has made six changes when naming each of his last three line-ups and has spoken openly about the need to manage the loads of certain players, including Yoro, Harry Maguire, Tyrell Malacia and Mason Mount.
Jonny Evans is still absent but Victor Lindelof has resumed work at Carrington.
The Sweden captain will not be available at the weekend but Amorim said he could potentially be back in the squad next week, when we travel to Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.
“Jonny’s still not training,” Ruben told reporters on Friday.
“Victor returned to training but is not available for tomorrow. Maybe the next game, he will be available.
“Licha and Kobbie are returning for the team so we are prepared for the game.”
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Nuno Espirito Santo conducted his press conference on Thursday, the day after Forest’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City.
The Portuguese, who was Porto’s goalkeeper when Amorim scored for Benfica in the 2010 Taca da Liga final, said that he still needed to assess the fitness of his squad.
He will be without long-term absentees Danilo and Ibrahim Sangare though, while Andrew Omobamidele hasn’t featured for the East Midlanders for a few months due to injury.
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