Ahead of their English Premier League clash against West Ham United, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that the club is short of full backs.
United have suffered injuries in their defensive department with Matteo Darmain, Marcos Rojo still not yet back to full fitness, while Antonio Valencia is not match-fit after long spells without playing.
Luke Shaw is suspended having accumulated 10 yellow cards this season while Ashley Young received his marching orders against Wolverhampton Wanderers last time out.
Speaking in a press conference before the West Ham clash, Solskjaer admitted that he is short of full backs, “We don’t have full-backs this week. Not too many as we’ve lost Luke and Ashley through suspension. Antonio [Valencia] is still not fit. Maybe Matteo [Darmian] will be available for the bench and [Marcos] Rojo has been training for a while.
”He’s available and we’ve got Jonah [Phil Jones], who could also play there. Rojo needed to get out on the big pitch [in the Under-23s, against West Brom last Friday] so he could have that game but we’ve had a couple of practice matches so let’s see what we decide.”
Manchester United are currently 6th in the English Premier League and have a quarter final second leg match against Barcelona at the Camp Nou next week.