Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer provides an update on players availability for the weekend’s game at Newcastle United. Captain Harry Maguire is a doubt for Saturday’s return to Premier League action, the centre-back was sent off in England’s UEFA Nations League defeat to Denmark but sustained a knock before then and must be assessed before making the trip to Tyneside.
New signings Facundo Pellistri will not be involved as young while Alex Telles is resting following a flight back from South America, following his participation in the World Cup qualifiers. Edinson Cavani (quarantine) and Anthony Martial (suspension) are both unavailable for the St James’ Park encounter. Axel Tuanzebe has been stepping up his recovery from injury while there is no fresh update on fellow defender Phil Jones.
Ole to MUTV’s Mark Sullivan during pre-match interview :
“Harry seemed to pick up a little knock just before he got sent off,
So we’re having a look at him today to see how he is.
You never know [how players are injury wise] until they get back and we have had a look at them. I think, and we hope, everyone has come through okay. Of course, Alex has travelled all round the world. He flew overnight and got here on Thursday. ”
Ole on Facundo Pellistri training with the first-team squad
“He’s a young boy coming from Uruguay. It’s the tradition we have here where we want to bring young players in and let them grow and develop and become the player they can be.Of course we’ll give him time. He’s more one for the future than now, but he’s exciting and he’s shown some things in training that we don’t really have here. I’m looking forward to helping him develop and helping him settle.”
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