Alex Telles is back among the Manchester United substitutes for this afternoon’s clash with Southampton after his recent absence due to Covid.
Telles has not featured since the 1-0 win over West Ham on January 22 but has returned to training following two weeks on the sidelines.
“He might be available,” said United interim manager Ralf Rangnick on Friday. “I’ll have to speak to him after training today about how he feels because he was out for one and a half, almost two weeks but he took part in training yesterday.”
It has been deemed too soon to start Telles, though, and Luke Shaw continues at left-back.
While the return of Telles is a boost, United are still missing Fred who remains sidelined due to Covid.
Eric Bailly is still out with an ankle problem, while Nemanja Matic has a shin issue and is unlikely to be involved.
“He has some problems with his shin,” said Rangnick. “He has been having these problems for the last couple of days, almost a week. He was still available, but he couldn’t train for the last two training sessions and he also won’t be training today.”
Manchester United starting XI: De Gea, Dalot, Maguire, Varane, Shaw, McTominay, Pogba, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford, Ronaldo
