3-set to return, 5-Out: Man United vs Crystal Palace injury update as return date announced

Manchester United continues to grapple with injury concerns as they head into a double-header against Crystal Palace. The Red Devils were without nine players due to injury in their recent hard-fought victory over Burnley in the Premier League.

While Bruno Fernandes’ spectacular volley secured a much-needed win for United, the team’s injury struggles persist. Although Raphael Varane and Sofyan Amrabat made their returns from the substitutes’ bench at Turf Moor, the absence of 11 players, with nine sidelined due to fitness issues, is a cause for concern.

Lisandro Martinez was ruled out before the Burnley game due to an unspecified problem, and here’s the latest update on the injured players and their possible return dates:

Lisandro Martinez
– Injury: Unspecified
– Possible return date: September 30 vs Crystal Palace
– What Ten Hag has said: “Martinez is injured. That’s why he’s not available [against Burnley].”

Harry Maguire
– Injury: Unspecified
– Possible return date: September 26 vs Crystal Palace
– What Ten Hag has said: “He had some complaints. We have to see how bad it is. He finished the training, but he was not good enough to travel [against Bayern Munich and Burnley].”

Mason Mount
– Injury: Muscular
– Possible return date: September 26 vs Crystal Palace
– What Ten Hag has said: “Yes, good news, also Mason Mount is coming, so I’m sure players will return.”

Luke Shaw
– Injury: Muscular
– Return date: October/November
– What Ten Hag has said: “We can’t do that [put a definite timescale on returns]. It’s personal these days and he [Shaw] will be out for some period absent.”

Aaron Wan-Bissaka
– Injury: Unspecified
– Return date: October/November
– What United have said: The club confirmed, on September 18, that Wan-Bissaka picked up an unspecified injury during the short cameo he made in the Brighton game. He had also been unwell in the build-up.