Manchester United have confirmed that midfielder Casemiro will miss “a number of weeks” of motion after struggling a hamstring harm within the Carabao Cup defeat to Newcastle United.
Casemiro returned from a three-game absence to begin the sport towards Newcastle however was changed at half-time after aggravating his hamstring.
After conducting scans on the harm, United have now dominated Casemiro out for the approaching weeks.
“Casemiro will probably be out for a number of weeks as a consequence of a hamstring harm suffered throughout our Carabao Cup defeat to Newcastle United on Wednesday,” a membership assertion learn.
“The Brazilian midfielder was withdrawn at half-time because of the subject, and subsequent evaluation has revealed a pressure that may hold him out for plenty of weeks.”
With out Casemiro, supervisor Erik ten Hag will probably be compelled to depend on summer time signings Sofyan Amrabat and Mason Mount in midfield, whereas Scotland worldwide Scott McTominay can be accessible however has sometimes been utilized in a more-advanced position.
United followers are eagerly awaiting the return of teenage midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, who shone in pre-season earlier than choosing up an ankle harm which delayed his begin to the season.
18-year-old Mainoo made his first aggressive look of the marketing campaign with 45 minutes in United Beneath-19’s UEFA Youth League defeat to Kobenhavn final month after which dazzled for the Beneath-21’s towards Salford Metropolis as he steps up his return to senior motion.
With Casemiro unavailable, Ten Hag might name Mainoo again as much as the first-team fold forward of Saturday’s journey to Fulham.
