Manchester United receive quadruple defensive boost for Fulham fixture
Man Utd are back in Premier League action when they travel to face Fulham on Sunday night.
Manchester United have been handed a quadruple defensive boost for the trip to face Fulham in the Premier League tonight.
United are back in action when they travel to Craven Cottage on Sunday night and could have two retuning defenders to choose from for their starting line up.
Noussair Mazraoui missed the recent victory over Rangers as a 'precaution' after he picked up a knock in the home defeat to Brighton, while Victor Lindelof has not featured since the Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat to Tottenham over a month ago. The duo have both been included in the provisional squad to face Fulham though and were spotted at Stockport train station with the rest of the first-team on Saturday afternoon.
United have been handed another double boost with Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro both pictured in the provisional squad after they suffered injury scares in the Rangers win earlier in the week. De Ligt was replaced at half-time by Harry Maguire while Yoro lasted just 10 minutes into the second-half before he was replaced by Tyrell Malacia.
It means Ruben Amorim could be without just two senior defenders for the match, with Luke Shaw still sidelines for a few more weeks and Jonny Evans out with an unspecified issue. The Northern Irishman was at Old Trafford for the Rangers win but was not named in their matchday squad.
Confirmed squad members: Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Diogo Dalot, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Leny Yoro, Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof, Tyrell Malacia, Manuel Ugarte, Christian Eriksen, Kobbie Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee, Rasmus Hojlund.