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Manchester United manager shares uplifting team news and injury update before AC Milan clash
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave a piece of highly positive team news as he shared injury updates on several players ahead of the game against AC Milan this week. (h/t Metro)
United edged out West Ham United to a 1-0 win on Saturday that sees us tighten our grip in 2nd position on the table. Before that game, United played out an underwhelming draw against Milan on Thursday.
That 1-1 result means that the Red Devils need to avoid defeat and score at least once against the Serie A side at San Siro on Thursday.
And speaking after his team’s win against the Hammers, Solskjaer said he expected up to 5 players to be back for the Europa League 2nd leg. Donny van de Beek, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, and Edinson Cavani were all out against West Ham.
“Injury-wise, I hope we have four or five players back for that game. It’s very likely Edinson and Anthony are fit. Donny hopefully as well. Paul even might make the trip.”
Injury boost
While he expects the quartet to return from injury against the Italian outfit, he mentioned that David de Gea would also be back from isolation. The Spaniard had to go into quarantine after he returned to the UK from Madrid, where he travelled for the birth of his son.
“And David is back from isolation. That’s more numbers. Today you can see we even had two goalkeepers on the bench so we need them back of course.”
This is certainly great news for the club as they look to obtain a positive result against 7-time European Cup winners, AC Milan. United are yet to win a trophy under Solskjaer.
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And the Europa League offers him a great chance to break his duck at the club.
