Erik ten Hag reveals plans to bring Man Utd duo back into starting XI

Erik 10 Hag volition not unreserved Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount backmost into the squad with the Manchester United brag wary of further wounded setbacks for the pair.

Hojlund has not featured this play aft suffering a hamstring wounded during United’s pre-season circuit of the US. Mount impressed during that summertime campaign, forcing his mode into the squad and started games against Fulham and Brighton earlier wounded struck again.

Both players returned to grooming this week and are disposable for Saturday’s travel to Crystal Palace.

‘It’s precise bully news,’ 10 Hag told a property league connected Thursday.

‘They are backmost connected the pitch, they are backmost successful squad grooming and, yeah, we person to determine whether they are acceptable capable to start. But I deliberation it’s precise pleasing they are backmost with the squad.

‘We person truthful galore games besides successful this artifact to cover, truthful yeah, precise happy. They did a mates of grooming [sessions]. We volition person to spot however they recover, and then, tomorrow, we volition marque a last call.’

Hojlund scored 16 goals successful his archetypal play astatine Old Trafford but was sidelined connected 3 abstracted occasions with backmost and hamstring issues. Mount’s archetypal play astatine the nine aft a determination from Chelsea was derailed by injury, starting conscionable 8 games.

They were conscionable 2 of galore fittingness problems United endured past play with 10 Hag admitting the concern near different players ‘overloaded’ during the agelong campaign.

Wary of past repeating itself, the United brag volition workout caution with returning players.

‘You person to beryllium careful. In apical shot you ever spell to boundaries,’ 10 Hag said.

‘It’s not avoidable but erstwhile you person a afloat squad disposable past it’s easier to negociate the load. When you are successful circumstances similar past play and determination is simply a request to play, we person to overload them. We anticipation we tin integrate them successful a precise cautious way.’

United suffered a humiliating 4-0 decision astatine Selhurst Park past season, 1 of a fig of woeful displays connected the road.

The United brag insists his radical volition not beryllium dwelling connected that effect travel Saturday evening.

‘No, decidedly not. It was clear. It was 4-0, wholly deserved, but Saturday volition beryllium different.’

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