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Manchester United suffer new injury setback in team news for Aston Villa
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Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has suffered a setback in his attempted recovery from injury. Wan-Bissaka has missed the last three games with an unspecified injury as a precaution and he attempted to train on Thursday but had to withdraw from the session.
Tyrell Malacia (knee) and Mason Mount (calf) are still unavailable for United as they prepare to take on fourth-placed Aston Villa away from home on Sunday.
Centre half Lisandro Martinez is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks with a medial collateral ligament injury and United manager Erik ten Hag could start Raphael Varane and Harry Maguire in a Premier League match for the first time.
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"Yeah, it's a setback of course, Licha just returning," Ten Hag acknowledged. "You see his contribution to the team when he's playing. Apart from his technical skills, he also bring mentality in the team but it's a big setback for Licha.
"He's very disappointed about it but he's a fighter. He will be back and he will be stronger. We think he can be back by the end of the season, still games to play. As a squad, we have to replace him and we have very good players in that position who can play there, will play there and will perform there. As a squad, we have to deal with it.
"Aaron Wan-Bissaka today was training but then he dropped out. So I don't know in this moment where he is, what the diagnosis is, hopefully not too bad. Mason and Ty are not ready to return to the squad."
Martinez sustained the knee injury in the 66th minute of United's 3-0 win against West Ham last week but he attempted to continue playing until he was
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