Man Utd train at League One stadium in unusual preparations for West Ham clash

Manchester United are backmost successful enactment connected Sunday arsenic they question to West Ham for their latest Premier League outing and their pre-match preparations person looked somewhat antithetic up of the game

Manchester United decided NOT to bid astatine Carrington up of their clash with West Ham.

The Red Devils instrumentality connected the Hammers connected Sunday arsenic they instrumentality to Premier League action. The travel to the superior comes conscionable 3 days aft a tough Europa League clash with Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce.

Erik 10 Hag’s broadside lone travelled backmost to England connected Friday pursuing that game, and person opted to enactment successful London alternatively of returning to Manchester. That has besides seen their grooming league up of the crippled with West Ham impacted.

Instead of grooming astatine Carrington, United person trained astatine Brisbane Road - the location of League One side Leyton Orient. The London broadside were distant connected Saturday, losing 3-0 to Wycombe Wanderers astatine Adams Park.

Explaining however his broadside were attempting to flooded the swift turnaround aft the Fenerbahce game, Ten Hag said: “We’re staying overnight [on Thursday] and past consecutive to London, grooming [on] Saturday.”

While logistically United’s preparations person been impacted, the aforesaid could beryllium said of the broadside that Ten Hag could prime against West Ham. The Red Devils are presently dealing with an wounded situation with 8 stars dealing with issues.

Ten Hag’s woes were made adjacent worse successful midweek arsenic Brazilian winger Antony was stretchered disconnected against Fenerbahce. The Red Devils brag expects skipper Bruno Fernandes and Jonny Evans to retrieve successful clip for Sunday but has inactive been near ruing his side’s fittingness issues this term.

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Speaking up of the travel to West Ham, helium said: “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.

“We request much players often available, and past we person to enactment altogether 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.”

United’s hectic fixture calendar shows nary motion of abating aft their clash with West Ham. They invited Leicester to Old Trafford for a Carabao Cup clash successful midweek up of further location games against Chelsea and PAOK earlier hosting the Foxes erstwhile much successful the Premier League.

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