Bruno Fernandes is about to overlook a number of upcoming matches for Manchester United after sustaining a tender tissue damage in Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Aston Villa.
The United captain was pressured off at half-time following a problem from Aston Villa midfielder Amadou Onana.
The damage is a uncommon setback for the 31-year-old, who has missed solely three matches via damage or sickness since becoming a member of the membership in 2020.
United head coach Ruben Amorim confirmed Fernandes is predicted to be sidelined for a number of video games, although the precise size of his absence stays unclear.
“I feel it’s a tender tissue,” Amorim mentioned. “I feel he’s going to lose some video games. I don’t know for certain, so let’s see.
“He’s a man that’s all the time match, so he can get well fairly effectively. However I don’t know.”
Amorim additionally expects Kobbie Mainoo to overlook the Boxing Day residence fixture towards Newcastle.
The midfielder was absent at Villa Park with a calf damage and would have been a like-for-like alternative for Fernandes.
Casemiro will return towards Newcastle after serving a one-match suspension, however United might nonetheless be with out as much as seven gamers resulting from damage and worldwide responsibility.
“I’ll see what we’re going to do,” Amorim mentioned. “I feel Kobbie Mainoo is out, Bruno is out.
“So we’ll see and we’re going to discover options. No excuses.
“We have to win the subsequent sport. We are going to attempt to win the subsequent one.”
Amorim mentioned the present state of affairs mirrors an identical damage disaster confronted by the membership on the similar stage final season and insisted it could not derail United’s longer-term planning.
“I bear in mind on this second final yr, we had the identical difficulty,” he mentioned. “So when you may have that have, perhaps it appears to be like not so unhealthy.
“It may very well be worse, however you may have that feeling that no person’s going to die.
“We all know that we’re going to undergo with out all these gamers, however with our followers, we’ll attempt to organize one thing to win the subsequent sport.”
The Portuguese coach additionally dismissed the concept that the damage listing would immediate rushed choices within the January switch window.
“What we can’t do is attain January and attempt to do the whole lot in urgency and make errors,” Amorim mentioned. “After which right here we go once more with numerous errors.
“So I’m not going to get with Jason and Omar and say we’d like numerous gamers as a result of now we have a plan. If now we have to undergo, the membership comes first.
“In fact, we’re within the second that we’d like factors, however we have to discover options and we’re going to proceed with our plan.”
