Marcus Rashford faces a spell on the sidelines after picking up a muscle injury in the Premier League win over Everton.
The striker was replaced in the second half with a groin complaint and won't feature against Sevilla in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final tie. He will also miss the top flight trip to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
United's star man has been in superb form this campaign, scoring 28 goals and grabbing 10 assists. With Erik ten Hag now sweating over the fitness of Rashford, here is the latest news on the forward's fitness.
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What have United said?
"The forward was withdrawn in the 80th minute of Saturday's 2-0 Premier League win over Everton at Old Trafford and immediately headed to the dressing room for treatment," United said in a statement. "Subsequent assessment of the injury suggested that Marcus will be unavailable for a few games, but is expected to be back for the season run-in."
What has Ten Hag said?
"It's a few games, so that's the statement," Ten Hag said. "So I can't give more details of it because we don't know, We have to see how the injury develops. "He's disappointed about it but he's not totally broke because he knows he will return quickly, he is optimistic, he will start straight on with his recovery and his rehab, so that helps to get back soon."
In his post-match press conference after the Everton game, Ten Hag was left furious with the Premier League following Rashford's injury. He said: "Some things you can't avoid but it was avoidable. Why is the Premier League giving us the late Sunday night game (against Newcastle) and giving us the early Saturday game? I think it's not right.
"You run the risk, the players can't recover that quickly, we know all research that players need a certain period to recover and it accumulates. So then you run even more of a risk. It's also part of the schedule that we now find ourselves in this situation and now we can only pray he is not dropping off."
When will Rashford return?
We know he will be absent for a few weeks but he is expected to feature again before the end of the season. United have not put a timescale on that but it seems unlikely that the England international will play again this month. The trips to Brighton and West Ham in early May could be potential options for the frontman to return but only time will tell.
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