Manchester United confirm fresh injury setback to key player ahead of final weeks of the season
Man Utd have suffered a fresh injury blow ahead of a pivotal few weeks in their season.
Manchester United have confirmed Diogo Dalot has suffered an injury setback and could be sidelined for the remainder of the season, in a huge blow to head coach Ruben Amorim. The Portuguese full-back featured from the bench in the 1-0 home defeat to Wolves last weekend but was not spotted taking part in a training session in midweek.
The Portuguese full-back has suffered a calf injury during the week and has been ruled out of their upcoming trip to face AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League this weekend. Dalot has only missed one match for United all season, but is also considered a doubt for their crucial Europa League semi-final tie against Athletic Club.
Amorim would not be drawn on a precise timeline for the full-back’s potential return to the team, but admitted there is a chance he might not play again this season.
Manchester United team news vs Bournemouth
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Ruben Amorim was quizzed on the Manchester United team news to face Bournemouth and confirmed their fresh injury blow.
"Diogo Dalot is out,” Amorim said at his pre-match press conference. “We don't know how long he is going to be out, but he is out for this game, next games. Amad is near. Matta (De Ligt) is near. The rest is at the same pace. Ayden (Heaven) is not ready. That is it.”
Pushed if Dalot could be out for the remainder of the campaign, he added: “There is that possibility but I don’t know, we will check week by week because he works really hard,he can recover quite well, we’ll see. He has something in his muscle, his calf, he had a sequence of games, he played all the time, we try to manage but the players play a lot of minutes and not so ready to cope with that. Dalot felt something.”