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4 video games into the brand new Premier League season and Manchester United are already battling their away kind whereas all the squad is coping with a mess of accidents in key positions.
The defence bore a really makeshift look in direction of the tip of the sport in opposition to Arsenal with Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans lining up in central defence.
Each of Erik ten Hag’s first-choice centre-backs — Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez are injured with the hope that the Argentine’s one is just not as severe.
United’s defensive damage woes
Even Victor Lindelof hobbled off in opposition to the Gunners whereas each left-backs Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia are out of fee in the intervening time.
It’s the membership’s incapability to dump stars and recruit correctly underneath the Glazers that prompted the supervisor to must play the previous skipper and the Northern Eire worldwide in such a crunch recreation.
Ten Hag would have preferred some extra choices to be accessible at his disposal after lacking out on the likes of Kim Min-jae, Benjamin Pavard, and Jean-Clair Todibo.
The supervisor may very well be about to get an alternative choice on the bench from the academy. Rhys Bennett, who suffered an damage throughout pre-season, is shut to creating a comeback.
The FA Youth Cup-winning captain suffered an damage through the pre-season fixture in opposition to Leeds United and missed out on the prospect to journey to the US for the pre-season tour.
“After a constructive begin again on the pitch, I’ve picked up a minor damage. Hopefully quickly again on the market enjoying,” the participant had written on social media again then.
Bennett shut to creating a comeback
Now, The Manchester Night Information has revealed that the academy graduate is “near a return to full coaching”.
The 19-year-old had impressed the Dutch boss final season through the World Cup break when he was a part of the Spain pre-season squad.
He subsequently was named within the matchday squads for the Carabao Cup recreation in opposition to Burnley and within the Premier League for a recreation in opposition to Nottingham Forest.
Bennett, who’s highly-regarded within the academy, is cool and calm on the ball and he may discover himself on the bench, particularly if different fellow centre-backs don’t recuperate in time.
