Manchester United do not have a Premier League fixture this weekend, with the FA Cup fixture postponed to midweek due to an FA Cup opponent. In training in preparation for the Forest, five players who were previously injured have returned. Harry Maguire, Lenny Yoro and Luke Shaw all took part in Friday's training session, as did goalkeepers Altay Baindier and Tom Heaton.
Harry Maguire picked up an injury in the FA Cup tie against Fulham at the start of March and has not featured since. He was thought he could make a comeback to take on his former club Leicester City, but ultimately did not participate. Joro, on the other hand, picked up an injury in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal and missed the two games leading up to the international break.
Luke Shaw has only made three substitute appearances under Amorim and has spent the rest of the time recovering from injury. He showed off his strong abs on social media, but netizens questioned that his photos were processed because the beautification effect was obvious. Even if the 29-year-old "Great British Carlos" is able to make a successful comeback this time, he will face competition with new signing Patrick Dolgu, who has returned from a three-match suspension after being red.
Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Darlow have returned from the Portuguese national team and have been involved in training and preparation, but Ugarte and Mazraoui, who played in the South American and African World qualifiers, have not appeared in the official images and videos released by Manchester United. Most of their absences were purely travel issues, but Kobe Maynor, Eden Haven and Amad Diallo were all still unable to practice due to injury.
Meno has been recovering from an injury since the start of February and there is hope that he will return after the international break, but unfortunately it will be some time. Haven was stretchered down in the 3-0 thrashing of Leicester City and his serious injury fears were dispelled, however, he still needs to rest for two to four weeks. Ahmad was expected to be out for the season with an ankle injury, but Amorim revealed that he could return early, but that would not be done until May. After surgery, Lisandro Martinez is 100% reimbursed for the season and may not be able to return at the beginning of next season.
Ruben Amorim has called up a number of youngsters, including familiar faces Cheeto Obi and Harry Amas, as well as new players such as Bendito Mantato, Reece Munro, Godwill Kukonki and Jim Thwaites.
Amorim will lead Manchester United to Nottingham Forest on 1 April before returning to Old Trafford to host Manchester City five days later. Manchester United will then face Lyon over two legs in the Europa League quarter-finals, with Newcastle United also away in between. It is expected that the club will focus on the Europa League, so the Premier League must be rotated, and the British media revealed that the 17-year-old "Red Devil Saka" Mantano is expected to make his debut with Amorim.
Mantato has been in fine form in the FA Youth Cup for Manchester United's Under-18s this season, scoring the winning goal in the quarter-finals against Arsenal and scoring seven goals in 13 games this season before being called up to Amorim for first-team training. Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Manchester United will officially announce the signing of Mantano next week as part of their first professional contract as "part of their present and future plans".
Born in 2008, Mantano was back in action at the age of 14 for Manchester United's under-18 team, and when he came off the bench that game, he didn't even have a number on his shirt! The female fourth official on the sidelines was very speechless and didn't know how to hold up the card. Now, Mantano has a first-team number - No. 85.
Mantano's new contract will be for a period of four years and will expire in June 2026. He has long been used to compare Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, who mainly plays as a right winger. Like Bukayo Saka, Mantano was a left-back as a boy and later switched to a right winger, with his speed and daring to break through, and he has been selected for England's under-17 years.