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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has supplied an harm replace forward of his facet’s journey to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.
Talking on the pre-match press convention, Ten Hag was first requested about Victor Lindelof’s ‘complicated’ harm standing and replied:
“No confusion, he has a problem on his toe, hopefully he can return shortly however not accessible for the weekend.”
Concerning different accidents, he confirmed:
“Tyrell Malacia, Rasmus Hojlund, they’re not accessible. Luke Shaw, after all.”
Little question he meant to included Leny Yoro within the absentee record.
Requested about Jadon Sancho’s availability for the Brighton sport, the boss replied:
“We’ll see. We now have a squad, I hope we can have a squad with double positioning and after we go into the season after September 1, meaning you’ll be able to’t choose all of the gamers however you want all of them all through the season.
“We now have to handle it, the perspective of the gamers is essential, generally they are going to be disenchanted they need to take care of it, you win as a squad.
“The prizes are determined subsequent Might and till then we want all of the gamers within the squad and extremely motivated, that’s not an expectation, that could be a demand on the squad.”
The notion of “double positioning” warranted a follow-up query, on condition that Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho are double positioned for the left wing, whereas Amad Diallo and Antony are each proper wingers.
It suggests one participant – maybe Sancho – may be surplus to necessities because the switch window enters its final week.
One participant who gained’t be going wherever is new signing Joshua Zirkzee. On his goal-scoring debut in opposition to Fulham, Ten Hag mentioned:
“”Very pleasing {that a} participant who’s a striker scores his first aim in is first sport, that may give him confidence, more than happy that it’s occurred.
“The comparability with final 12 months and Rasmus Hojlund and when he scored in opposition to Brighton and the VAR regarded and 5 minutes later got here to the conclusion the ball crossed the road within the help and he needed to wait three months for first Premier League aim.
“ It provides him confidence and offers us confidence as a workforce.”United’s first away match of the season kicks off on the Amex stadium at 12.30pm on Saturday.
An embargoed part of the press convention will probably be accessible right here at round 10.30pm tomorrow.
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