Alejandro Garnacho gives one-word verdict as Man Utd team-mate makes injury return

Manchester United person been boosted by the instrumentality to fittingness of Rasmus Hojlund successful the build-up to their Premier League lucifer against Crystal Palace connected Saturday evening

Alejandro Garnacho summed up the feelings of each Manchester United fans aft Rasmus Hojlund returned to training.

Hojlund is yet to diagnostic this play owed to a hamstring wounded picked up successful pre-season, leaving Joshua Zirkzee to pb the enactment pursuing his determination from Bologna. But the Denmark planetary was back successful grooming connected Thursday, sparking hopes helium could diagnostic successful the Premier League crippled against Crystal Palace connected Saturday evening.

While United person shown signs of clicking successful the last 3rd successful the convincing wins implicit Southampton and Barnsley successful the past week, they person missed Hojlund’s beingness up front. Before the 3-0 triumph implicit Saints, they’d managed conscionable 2 goals successful 4 Premier League matches and volition beryllium pleased to invited backmost Hojlund, who netted 16 goals successful each competitions past season.

Hojlund showed his delight astatine being backmost acceptable by posting a fewer photos from United grooming connected Instagram. “I conjecture being a shot subordinate the caption should beryllium ‘happy to beryllium connected the transportation again’, but I deliberation the photograph says it all,” helium wrote alongside a representation of him grinning with Mason Mount.

United winger Garnacho replied: “finally” with 4 crying emojis. Mount, who has besides shaken disconnected a hamstring problem, added: “Caption king”, portion Harry Maguire joked: “You don’t look blessed successful the 2nd photo.”

Hojlund has been frustrated to miss retired connected the commencement of the play for the 2nd successive twelvemonth aft picking up his hamstring occupation successful a pre-season affable against Arsenal. The 21-year-old arrived astatine United with a backmost contented past summertime and is hopeless to deed the crushed moving this clip around.

But Erik 10 Hag has already sounded a enactment of caution astir Hojlund and Mount – who has missed the past fewer matches pursuing a niggle successful the 2-1 decision by Brighton connected August 24. The United brag had to woody with 66 abstracted issues affecting players passim the 2023/24 play and won’t unreserved them back.

"You person to beryllium careful,” said Ten Hag. “In apical football, you ever spell to boundaries. When you person a afloat squad available, past it’s easier to negociate the load. When you are successful circumstances similar past play and there's a request to play, we had to overload them. We anticipation we tin integrate them successful a precise cautious way."‌

United look Palace successful Saturday’s 5.30pm kick-off successful bully spirits pursuing their 7-0 thrashing of League One broadside Barnsley successful the Carabao Cup connected Tuesday night. Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Christian Eriksen each bagged braces successful that crippled and volition beryllium hoping to proceed that signifier successful the league, with United floundering successful 10th spot aft 2 wins and 2 losses.

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