{"id":639584,"date":"2024-05-09T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639584"},"modified":"2024-05-09T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:54:23","slug":"manchester-united-injury-boost-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/09\/manchester-united-injury-boost-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Eyeing Triple Injury Boost Ahead of Arsenal Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United could have three crucial players back from injury for their home game against Arsenal. Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, and Marcus Rashford are expected to be available for selection this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United: Latest Updates on Rashford, McTominay, Martinez and Fernandes<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back out there \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisandrMartinez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LisandrMartinez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnNjnFYOnF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OnNjnFYOnF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1788584964105396582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Desperate for a Win<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United come into their game against Arsenal following a disastrous run of results that has left them stranded in the Premier League\u2019s eighth spot. Having claimed only one victory in their last seven league games, Erik ten Hag\u2019s men are eager to surprise their in-form rivals at Old Trafford this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/06\/cristiano-ronaldo-joins-arsenal-2003\/\" target=\"_self\">It Almost Happened: 18-Year-Old Cristiano Ronaldo Joins Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>United had 11 players on the sidelines before their 4-0 defeat against Crystal Palace earlier this week. However, Ten Hag hopes to have a number of key names back for the final stretch of the campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Good News From Carrington<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday, Manchester United <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/training-update-from-carrington-on-9-may-2024\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> Marcus Rashford and Lisandro Martinez have returned to team training at Carrington. Rashford has stayed sidelined since picking up a knock against Coventry on April 21, while Martinez has been out with a muscle injury since March 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/06\/manchester-united-boost-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Handed Boost In Race For \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martinez is not guaranteed to play against Arsenal as Ten Hag is unlikely to take any risks with the defender ahead of the FA Cup final. However, Rashford is expected to be available for selection alongside Bruno Fernandes and Scott McTominay, who are out with short-term injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes is preparing to come back after narrowly missing out against Crystal Palace with a wrist injury. Ten Hag has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/marcus-rashford-could-make-monday-night-game-with-crystal-palace\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> that McTominay will be ready to play against the Gunners after recovering from a knee issue.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Injury List<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to Fernandes, McTominay, Rashford, and Martinez, the Red Devils have seven more players out with injury. However, except for <strong>Tyrell Malacia<\/strong>, none of them are ruled out for the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/manchester-united-edmond-tapsoba-scouting-ongoing\/\" target=\"_self\">Red Devils Face Potential Tottenham Competition For \u2018Frightening\u2019 Bundesliga Ace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The potential returns of <strong>Harry Maguire<\/strong>, <strong>Willy Kambwala<\/strong>, <strong>Raphael Varane<\/strong>, <strong>Victor Lindelof<\/strong> and <strong>Luke Shaw<\/strong> could give United a timely defensive boost ahead of the FA Cup final. Meanwhile, <strong>Anthony Martial<\/strong> is pushing to make a comeback before his expected summer move away from Old Trafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United could have three crucial players back from injury for their home game against Arsenal. Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, and Marcus Rashford are expected to be available for selection this weekend. Manchester United: Latest Updates on Rashford, McTominay, Martinez and Fernandes Back out there \ud83d\udc4a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 @LisandrMartinez #MUFC || #PL pic.twitter.com\/OnNjnFYOnF &mdash; Manchester United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":634926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,8,1830,30,3],"tags":[3473,9239,253,1950],"class_list":["post-639584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-arsenal","category-injuries","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-bruno-fernandes","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-scott-mctominay"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}