Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has dismissed suggestions that Brazilian midfielder Casemiro should have started for Erik ten Hag's side against Manchester City on Sunday.
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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag still has a number of injury worries heading into Thursday night's Europa League match against Sheriff Tiraspol.
The Dutchman's squad are under pressure to come away with all three points following their Group E openening match loss to Real Sociedad last week. United fell to a disappointing 1-0 defeat after Brais Mendez tucked home from the penalty spot as the Spanish outfit were awarded a controversial penalty for handball on Lisandro Martinez after the ball appeared to ricochet off of his leg before hitting his outstretched arm.
The club have confirmed the midweek tie will go ahead following postponements in the Premier League and Football League following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week. But they will travel to Moldova without a full contingent, with several stars set to miss out through injury.
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With that in mind, Manchester Evening News has taken a look at the players currently on the United treatment table.
Anthony Martial will have been left frustrated by his recent injury woes.
The French forward had looked to be in impressive form for Erik ten Hag's side in pre-season before injury curtailed his bid to cement a spot in the Dutchman's starting XI. Martial has suffered a problem with his Achilles after playing just 45 minutes of league football for United this season.
Ahead of the tie against Sociedad, Ten Hag said: "Yes, he is still out. He is progressing but he is not ready to get back into team training or in a game." It suggests Martial could have a little while yet before he is once again available for selection.
Donny van de Beek will have also been hoping to
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Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Thursday, September 15.
Manchester United will be without five players for the trip to Moldova on Thursday. The Reds are looking to make amends for last week’s unexpected 1-0 Europa League loss to Real Sociedad but will be without the in-form Marcus Rashford, who has scored three times in his last four games.
Manchester United have included Luke Shaw in their squad for the Europa League group stage match against FC Sheriff on Thursday night but five players are out.
Marcus Rashford reported to Manchester United's Carrington training base on Tuesday morning, easing suggestions that he had picked up an injury.
Academy defender Marc Jurado and midfielder Omari Forson trained with the Manchester United first-team on Monday.