Man United Injury Updates: Three Stars Return, Mason Mount Absent, Jadon Sancho Expectations

Erik ten Hag feels that Manchester United’s injury situation is lessening ahead of their Premier League match against Tottenham on Sunday, despite the fact that the squad lost to Wigan last night with eleven members of the first team absent.

Christian Eriksen, Harry Maguire, and Luke Shaw should all be able to return to Manchester United’s starting lineup for their match against Tottenham on Sunday, according to Erik ten Hag.

However, the head coach stated that Mason Mount and a number of other injured players won’t return to action for United until after the midseason break. The first team’s victory over Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup‘s third round last night was not witnessed by ten players. Ten Hag, nevertheless, thinks that the injury situation will soon pass.

“Yeah, I believe some players will be back, hopefully by the weekend,” Ten Hag remarked following their 2-0 victory against their League One rivals. I am referring to Christian Eriksen, Luke Shaw, and possibly Harry. Mason, I believe he needs a few extra days or a week.

Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro, Tyrell Malacia, and Victor Lindelof are still not available, while Jadon Sancho is anticipated to depart the team in the upcoming weeks. Sofyan Amrabat is away on international service. However, Ten Hag declined to comment on whether United will bolster the roster during the transfer window as a result of the lack of possibilities.

He continued, “We take everything into account, so what’s best for the player and what’s best for us, for our team, and for Manchester United?” “We’ll monitor its development throughout the window.”

Ten Hag acknowledged that United should have scored more goals against Wigan, but the most important thing was the outcome. To make sure there was no shock against the third-tier team, Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes struck either side of halftime.

“The FA Cup is all about winning. It’s a knockout. If you have to replay [the tie], it’s two games, but you want to finish the job, and that’s exactly the word I used in the dressing room: ‘Job done’,” Ten Hag said.

“We created in the first half five or six very good chances. It was, I think, good football, and we should have taken more from that, but if you don’t score, you have to stay focused, and I think that is also what we did.”

Ten Hag added that it is far too early to be thinking about winning another trophy at Wembley, even though United will be overwhelming favourites to defeat either Newport County or non-League Eastleigh to guarantee their spot in the fifth round.

He added, “I think that is too far away; you have to go from game to game, especially in the cup. So we take that, but now, first, all our focus is on Spurs in the Premier League, of course.”