Kobbie Mainoo, Lisandro Martinez - Man United injury news and return dates before Tottenham
Manchester United take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League for the first time since last season's Europa League final, which Spurs won in Bilbao thanks to a Brennan Johnson goal.
Ruben Amorim has almost a fully fit Manchester United squad to select from when they play Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday lunchtime. United are away from Old Trafford for a second straight weekend after also travelling to Nottingham Forest last weekend.
That 2-2 draw ended their three-match winning streak, but a late Amad equaliser extended their unbeaten run to four games. Both teams are level on points coming into the match, with only Spurs' superior goal difference seeing them sit two places above United.
Another win for Amorim and Co. could move them up as high as second with the chances of that increasing after the United boss reported no fresh injuries. "No, there’s no change [to what we are doing about injuries]," he told reporters at a Friday press conference.
"It’s one game every week and then a little bit of luck, because sometimes you have problems with players with knocks, it’s not something that is soft tissues," he said.
"So you never know what is going to happen in the next training. If you play with intensity in training, something can happen, but I think the big reason… of course, we try to do everything well, the big reason is [we have only] one game every week.
"You can give one extra day to the players that you know could struggle in the next training. I think that is the biggest reason." Here, MEN sport rounds up the latest updates on United injuries.
Lisandro Martinez
The only known injury is to Lisandro Martinez, who continues to recover from a knee surgery. However, he returned to training late last month for the first time since being sidelined in early February.
Martinez was not, though, spotted with the team at Stockport railway station on Friday afternoon before they boarded a train to London. Amorim has made it clear that they will not rush the defender back.
"He wants to go to this one," the United head coach said of Martinez last week before the Forest match. "he is not going to, he is going to take time."
Kobbie Mainoo
The other player not spotted in Stockport on Friday afternoon was Kobbie Mainoo, with Jack Fletcher a standout inclusion for the trip. According to The Athletic, the former England international, who was also surprisingly not named in their squad on Friday morning, has a minor injury and will miss the Tottenham match.
Mainoo has been in every United matchday squad since returning from injury in April and has featured in all but one of their last nine matches, albeit as a substitute. However, he was unused against Forest at the City Ground, with Noussair Mazraoui and Patrick Dorgu the only two players Amorim brought on.
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