Man United will be without 11 players again for the second visit of Crystal Palace at Old Trafford this week.
For Manchester United’s rematch against Crystal Palace in the Premier League, Christian Eriksen and Scott McTominay are available.
Despite being sick, Eriksen and McTominay were able to participate in Tuesday’s League Cup victory over Palace.
Defenders Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia, and Sergio Reguilon won’t be available for United. Martinez is expected to miss two months or more due to a recurrence of a foot problem, and Reguilon is out indefinitely after playing against Burnley while injured.
United manager Erik ten Hag is unhappy with the expansion of the football calendar, with the Champions League format to be changed for next season and to consist of eight group games – two more than the six games currently played.
Sixteen United players have either suffered an injury or illness since pre-season and after playing 62 games last term, Ten Hag is concerned by the “overload” on players.
On Tuesday, we saw some players return, and for tomorrow, Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen, who weren’t on the team on Tuesday, are returning. Ten Hag declared, “They’re back.
This season, we have already increased the squad due to our transparent justification. We had a World Cup in the middle of the season, which made it longer overall. We also had to play more games due to the FA Cup, Nations League matches, and a condensed break.
Every time, the schedule is growing and the players are being overloaded with work. That has been mentioned by several of my coworkers, and it has been mentioned by myself as well.
But it keeps going. We keep expanding the schedule. Anywhere, it won’t stop. Players can’t deal anymore with this overload and I think that’s what you say in this squad at the moment
