Manchester United have been handed a triple injury boost ahead of their Europa League fixture against Viktoria Plzen. Here is the latest team news for the match.
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00:00Manchester United have been handed a triple injury boost ahead of their Europa League trip to face Victoria Pleasant on Thursday night.
00:09Ruben Amarim's side are looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats in the Premier League when they return to Europa League duty later this week.
00:17And they trained at Carrington on Wednesday morning.
00:20Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans were both involved, as was youngster Toby Collier.
00:26Jonny Evans featured for Manchester United in Ruben Amarim's first match in charge at 1-0 draw away at Ipswich.
00:32Victor Lindelof has not been seen since he withdrew from international duty with Sweden due to an unspecified muscle issue.
00:40While Toby Collier has been missing since the start of November with his own injury setback.
00:46That means that Lindelof and Collier both trained with Ruben Amarim for the first time this week.
00:51It remains to be seen whether any of them will be involved against Victoria Pleasant on Thursday night.
00:56But it is certainly a boost for United at this time of year with the matches coming thick and fast.
01:00United tend to play two games a week for the foreseeable future for the next few months.
01:04So it really is a boost.
01:06Lindelof and Evans, maybe not starters anymore in the United defence, but certainly are adequate cover to have.
01:12It remains to be seen where their long-term futures both lie though.
01:15Evans and Lindelof are out of contract and it remains to be seen whether they'll be handed new deals,
01:20whether they'll be allowed to leave in January or whether they're kept around just for cover,
01:24given that United now play with three central defenders.
01:27And Collier, he's a player who's been linked with a January loan exit and in Leicester City are one of the teams
01:32who have been touted as a possible destination for him.
01:35Again, no real indication right now because he hasn't sort of trained with Ruben Amarim yet.
01:41His high work rate and energy made him very popular under Ten Hag, under Ruud van Distrooy and Amarim
01:47could favour that sort of approach as well in his midfield partnership as well.
01:52So we will see if he gets an opportunity in the coming weeks.
01:54Perhaps unlikely given United don't really have Europa League dead rubbers,
01:58don't have the Carabao Cup to worry about until next month either.
02:03And that's against Tottenham and then the FA Cup is against Arsenal as well.
02:06So there's not really too many chances to rotate for United and give these fringe players a chance.
02:11Stick with us though for all the latest Manchester United news on Manchester World.