As Manchester United prepares to play again at Old Trafford on Sunday, Erik ten Hag has given a thorough review of his team.
The Reds will only play two home games in 2024, against West Ham United. This comes after an exciting 4-3 win at Wolves on Thursday night.
Marcus Rashford came back into the game and scored the first goal. The manager said Lisandro Martinez was taken out of the game just to be safe, even though the center back was seen with his left foot heavily taped.
Altay Bayindir was replaced in goal by Andre Onana at Molineux. Sofyan Amrabat, our other Africa Cup of Nations player, is coming back this weekend after Morocco was kicked out of the game.
“Sofyan will return on Saturday for training,” Ten Hag said at a press meeting before the Hammers game. “Tyrell Malacia and Mason Mount aren’t coming back, but I think Victor Lindelof is on his way.” We need to check in with him to see how far along he is. He trained with the team on Wednesday.
“Aaron Wan-Bissaka is also going back.” He might be free, but I don’t think he’ll be able to make it on Sunday. I’m not sure right now, though. His leg is giving him trouble.
Anthony Martial is still out after surgery on his groin, but things do look better on the ιnjury front, which is good news.
Ten Hag felt sorry for Mount, who was signed in the summer but hasn’t played since the win over Luton Town in November. The England player is likely to be back, though, to play his part in the season.
“I think he’s been having trouble since the second game of the season,” the boss said. “After that, he came back for a while and got hurt again.” Of course, that’s not good.
“He must be really upset, and I feel bad for him.” I want to be with him. He had such high hopes. I had high hopes because I know he’s a great player for us.
Before anything else, it’s important that we make sure the process is safe and that we get him fit step by step. Take it easy, and by the end of the season, he should be able to stay fit and make the team. He can at least be useful to this team.
The boss made it clear when asked if Mount would play again in 2023–24: “Absolutely.” I think he’ll come back.”
News about West Ham’s team
David Moyes was glad to see Mohammed Kudus back in the team for Thursday night’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth. The Ghanaian scored against United in the previous game and won a penalty that James Ward-Prowse converted.
After being on loan from Manchester City, Kalvin Phillips made his debut, but Dominic Solanke scored early for the Cherries thanks to a back pass that Phillips dropped.
Nayef Aguerd should be able to play after his duties with Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations, and Vladimir Coufal is back from his ban.
Moyes said, “It’s a quick turn around.” “But I hope everything turns out well for everyone. The people who are hurt are still being taken care of. Markus Paqueta isn’t coming back this weekend, and Michail Antonio is back to running on grass.
“We’re without Paqueta and Antonio, at the moment, which is probably mitigating circumstances as to why we’re not getting many goals at the moment.”
On the last day, the Hammers were going to sell Pablo Fornals to Real Betis and Said Benrahma to Lyon, but the deals were halted. Benrahma is already banned because he got a straight red card in the Emirates FA Cup loss to Bristol City.