There is renewed hope, for Manchester United, both central defender Raphael Varane and forward Alejandro Garnacho will feature again this season. It had been previously thought that both were shut down for the remainder of the campaign, due to injury.
Ahead of tomorrow night’s league clash at Brighton & Hove Albion, manager Erik ten Hag said that both players, while sidelined on Thursday, could be back for the run in at some point.
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“Rapha is closer than Scott McTominay in this moment, but still for the coming two games they are not available,” Ten Hag said to the media today.
“We have one training session but I think it’s too soon [for Alejandro Garnacho] to be available.”
Ten Hag then elaborated further on Garnacho who has now returned to training after having made a recovery from injury.
“Now, it’s a new start, a restart because now expectations will be higher, the demands will definitely be higher,” Ten Hag said about the 18-year-old attacking player.
“He is on his way. He is a strong character and that’s why he’s there in the moment on this level and he did it by himself. Now more work is coming because the demands are higher, we expect more from him but it’s great he made it.”
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