Erik ten Hag reveals there is ‘a chance’ Marcus Rashford will be back for Male United’s Europa League quarter-final next leg towards Sevilla following picking up a groin harm in Everton victory
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has saved the hope alive that Marcus Rashford could attribute in the club’s next-leg tie against Sevilla after lacking Thursday night’s quarter-remaining opener owing to personal injury.
The England star suffered a groin injuries in the course of United’s 2- win versus Everton final week, and fears that the club’s best scorer would be sidelined very long-expression grew forward of Rashford’s scan on the injuries on Monday.
The muscle damage was not as poor as originally feared, but it intended that Rashford was unavailable to choose part in the 2-2 draw played out at Old Trafford on Thursday.
The targetman was badly missed amidst his side’s next-fifty percent carelessness that noticed the visitors swiped two late equalisers to established the opponents stage forward of following Thursday’s match.
But speaking forward of United’s Leading League activity against Nottingham Forest on Sunday, Ten Hag was far more constructive about Rashford’s return.
‘There is a possibility but I can not ensure it in this instant,’ the Dutch manager explained when questioned on the subject at Carrington on Friday.
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Marcus Rashford has a ‘chance’ of struggling with Sevilla in the second leg of their quarter-remaining
10 Hag was additional vague about the harm position of Lisandro Martinez (L) and Raphael Varane
Bruno Fernandes will not be available for range in Seville following selecting up a suspension, and Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez are uncertainties after both players were taken off hurt versus the Nervionenses.
Rashford has scored 28 objectives and made 10 assists in 47 game titles for United this season, and his inclusion in the starting XI will play a important element in the side’s leading 4 race.
But as for every the Athletic, the club will not want to hazard the destruction worsening if he is rushed into recovery, and they will request to watch his return to education with warning.
In the aftermath of the Everton match, Ten Hag lashed out at the Leading League scheduling, stating that the fixture operate was to blame for the ‘avoidable’ damage endured by Rashford.
‘Some items you won’t be able to avoid but this was avoidable. Why was the Leading League offering us the late late Sunday evening game and the early Saturday recreation. I consider it is not ideal,’ Ten Hag mentioned.
Ten Hag considered that Rashford picked up the ‘avoidable’ injury in aspect owing to the routine
‘You run the danger that players are not able to recover that swiftly. All the science and investigate tells you the gamers require a selected time period to recover.
‘If it is one match immediately after one more, it accumulates.
‘We are now locating ourselves in this situation and now we can only pray he [Rashford] is not drooping off.
‘No manager at this phase of the time would rotate so significantly. It was not essential to set the program like this and from a sporting stage of check out, we want freshness.’
