As per Manchester Evening News, the Manchester United midfield pair of Fred and Scott McTominay have been given injury concerns following the 1-1 draw at home to Fulham.
10,000 fans were in participation at Old Trafford, the first appearance for them since March 8, 2020. Edinson Cavani put us in front just for Fulham to level late on.
Manchester United indeed began with Fred and McTominay, who have generally been Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s favored players in midfield. Fred played the whole 90 minutes while McTominay was substituted in the 62nd minute.
Solskjaer affirmed in the post-match conference that both the players are injured. Yet, he stays cheerful that they will return on schedule to confront Villarreal on the 26th.
Solksjaer said: “We’ve had a couple of players that have got injuries with Scott and Fred, so I’ll see how they are. Unfortunately, Scott had to come off and Fred doesn’t look great while he’s walking now but we’ve got eight days, so hopefully everyone will be available that was available today.”
While there is mindful hopefulness in regards to these two players, but the same can’t be said for captain Harry Maguire. The 28-year-old has not played for the club since being taken off against Aston Villa recently.
Solskjaer was at first confident that the player would make it on schedule for the Europa League final. He has since backpedaled on his positive thinking and has would not put a return date on Maguire.
Man United will play the last round of their Premier League campaign against Wolverhampton Wanderers. It ought to give Solskjaer the last chance to try out some different strategies.
It seems to be a matter of concern for the team as they don’t want their regular players to get injured before the Europa League finals.
