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Manchester United handed quadruple injury boost ahead of Burnley clash

sportsmole.co.uk, 22 September 2023, 13:19
Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has revealed that Raphael Varane, Mason Mount, Sofyan Amrabat and Harry Maguire are in contention for Saturday's Premier League clash with Burnley.

All four players will take part in the club's final training session on Friday before a decision is made on their availability for the clash at Turf Moor.

"As you say, Harry Maguire but we will see again after training," Ten Hag told reporters when asked about the injury situation. "But Varane will train, we will see, Amrabat will train, we will see and Mount as well.

"But they didn't play for short or longer-term. Varane, obviously, was the shortest out."

Maguire was not in the squad for the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Wednesday due to a muscular problem that he picked up in a training session.

Varane, meanwhile, has been absent since Man United's third match of the new Premier League season against Nottingham Forest.

Mount has missed the last four matches with a problem that he suffered against Tottenham Hotspur in North London.

Amrabat is yet to feature for the Red Devils, meanwhile, with the on-loan Fiorentina midfielder suffering a back problem during the recent international break with Morocco.

Varane and Mount were both in team training ahead of the Bayern match, and Amrabat has undergone some individual sessions this week in a bid to build his fitness, as he was not used by Fiorentina earlier this season due to the speculation surrounding his future.

Even though the injury crisis at the club is easing, the Red Devils remain without the services of a number of first-team players at a key stage of the campaign.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo, Tyrell Malacia, Amad Diallo and Tom Heaton will again definitely miss out through injury, while Antony is still in Brazil on a leave of absence.

Jadon Sancho is also still not being considered for selection due to his falling-out with Ten Hag, with the attacker seemingly refusing to apologise.

Man United have lost three of their five Premier League matches this season, including their last two against Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Meanwhile, the 20-time English champions suffered a 4-3 defeat to Bayern in their opening Champions League group-stage fixture on Wednesday night.

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