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After dismantling Leicester Metropolis within the Carabao Cup, Manchester United will face a a lot more durable check on Sunday as they tackle Chelsea at Outdated Trafford.
Final weekend’s dismal defeat to West Ham marked the end of Erik ten Hag’s reign at Outdated Trafford with Ruud van Nistelrooy positioned in interim cost.
The previous United striker’s first sport in opposition to the Foxes noticed the gamers play with a whole lot of freedom, one thing they lacked underneath the previous coach.
His chosen midfield partnership of Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte starred on Wednesday and so they despatched a not-so-subtle signal to the previous Ajax coach.
Eriksen damage cloud
It will likely be fascinating to see if Van Nistelrooy makes any modifications to the staff for the encounter in opposition to the London facet, particularly in midfield.
Christian Eriksen, who was a daily underneath the previous supervisor this season, had missed the Leicester Metropolis sport through injury and the interim supervisor remains to be undecided about his involvement for Sunday’s sport.
Van Nistelrooy informed club media that the medical employees are working to make sure the Dane’s presence within the matchday squad however it’s touch-and-go in the mean time.
“Not many modifications. We’re nonetheless hoping and dealing laborious to get Christian Eriksen a part of the squad. He’s working laborious to make it within the final second. And apart from that, there’s no information on gamers that might be out there, another than yesterday.”
Eriksen’s future
The Denmark worldwide has 4 objectives and three assists this season, the membership’s joint second-highest scorer and had confirmed to be integral to Ten Hag’s plans.
Whether or not Van Nistelrooy will utilise him as a lot stays to be seen. The 32-year-old’s kind had prompted questions concerning United’s method of not providing the midfielder a contract extension along with his present deal ending in 2025.
As relayed by The Peoples Individual, incoming head coach Ruben Amorim has completely different plans and he’s open to letting the Danish star leave.
Eriksen is the very best passer on the membership however Amorim’s system dictates the necessity to embrace a participant with an ideal engine, one thing the previous Tottenham star lacks.
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