SADNEWS, The team is not ready,but league starts, we can’t hide from it.
Erik ten Hag says Manchester United’s two new signings will be available to face Fulham in Friday evening’s Premier League curtain-raiser.
Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui joined the Reds from Bayern Munich on Tuesday and have been training at Carrington over the past few days, with preparations ramping up for our Old Trafford meeting with the Cottagers.
They could now be in line to make their United debuts, as the 2024/25 league season gets under way at 20:00 BST.
“They will be in the squad,”
said Ten Hag, when asked about the former Ajax and Bayern pair’s situation.
The Dutchman also confirmed that Harry Maguire is fit to feature but Luke Shaw was added to the injury list earlier this week, with the left-back set to miss the first few games due to a calf injury.
Our no.23 had to sit out of the last portion of the 2023/24 campaign, before returning for England at the Euros, but the manager doesn’t believe this current issue is too serious.
think he will return in the short term, it doesn’t take long,”
Ten Hag added.
“We are looking forward of course, Luke Shaw is a very important player for our team.
“He is massively important so we want to get him back as soon as possible but we can’t force this process.”
