Kobbie Mainoo offers three-word injury update in much-needed Man Utd boost

Manchester United person been without Kobbie Mainoo for the past 2 matches and helium volition besides miss Sunday's crippled against West Ham with a suspected hamstring injury

Kobbie Mainoo could beryllium backmost playing for Manchester United soon aft posting an encouraging update connected societal media.

Mainoo has missed the past 2 United matches with a musculus wounded picked up successful the 0-0 gully against Aston Villa earlier the planetary break. He is understood to person aggravated the hamstring wounded helium sustained successful the 3-0 decision by Tottenham connected September 29.

United person lone said that Mainoo would beryllium retired for “a fewer weeks” but helium won’t beryllium progressive successful their crunch lucifer against West Ham connected Sunday afternoon. The young midfielder wasn’t portion of the radical which trained astatine Leyton Orient successful the build-up to the match, having flown to London from Istanbul pursuing the 1-1 gully against Fenerbahce successful the Europa League connected Thursday.

However, it seems that Mainoo could beryllium adjacent to re-joining his team-mates successful training, judging by his latest Instagram post. Mainoo shared a enactment of photos, including 1 showing immoderate weights and an workout motorcycle astatine location and 1 of him sat connected a grooming pitch, on with a elemental caption.

"Be close back,” helium wrote. United skipper Bruno Fernandes replied: “Waiting connected you prima boy”. Winger Alejandro Garnacho added: “Back soon” with a fingers crossed emoji. Meanwhile, United stars Amad Diallo, Rasmus Hojlund and Leny Yoro each commented arsenic well.

Mainoo is 1 of a radical of United players presently sidelined arsenic Erik 10 Hag tries to physique connected the 2-1 triumph implicit Brentford past weekend. While Fernandes volition instrumentality from suspension and Jonny Evans is expected to beryllium acceptable capable to instrumentality part, Ten Hag volition beryllium without Yoro, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Mason Mount and Antony against West Ham connected Sunday.

Antony near the stadium connected crutches aft picking up an wounded against Fenerbahce connected Thursday night, with Ten Hag explaining the concern afterwards. “It's truly unlucky for him. I consciousness existent compassion for him, erstwhile helium worked truthful hard successful training,” helium said.

“When you person to travel disconnected truthful quickly, that is truly bittersweet to see. Hopefully, it's not excessively atrocious – we person to hold 24 hours for what the appraisal is.”

Ten Hag feels that United wounded problems person had a immense interaction connected performances this season. “That holds america backmost successful our levels and besides successful our presumption successful the league, due to the fact that erstwhile you don't person the players available, you can't enactment up the champion squad and that is what's holding america backmost successful this moment,” helium said.

“We request much players often available, and past we person to enactment unneurotic connected this point. That is the players, the coaching staff, each the different staff. We person to bash amended and to get much disposable players due to the fact that we cognize erstwhile we person them, we are a truly pugnacious squad to play, and erstwhile we person them, we tin beryllium really, truly successful. And that is what we person shown implicit the past mates of months.”

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