Injury updates on Manchester United’s nine missing stars ahead of Champions League opener

United have been ravaged by injury (Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Manchester United’s injury crisis has worsened ahead of tonight’s Champions League group stage opener against Bayern Munich.

An already daunting-looking away day in Bavaria has been made all the more difficult with Erik ten Hag set to be without nine players, including Harry Maguire, who was a last minute withdrawal from the squad which flew to Germany on Tuesday afternoon.

United, who have lost three of their opening five Premier League games this campaign, could really do with a positive results against Thomas Tuchel’s men as off field issues add to a sense of turmoil at Old Trafford.

Let’s take stock of the players currently in the Manchester United treatment room.

Raphael Varane

The experienced centre half was withdrawn at half-time during the 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest on August 26 with an unspecified injury.

Despite not making the trip to Munich, Varane had returned to training for Tuesday’s open training session, which suggests he is not far off a return.

Varane took part in training on Tuesday (Picture: Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Mason Mount

Manchester United’s summer signing has only played two competitive games for his new club, with the last coming against Tottenham on August 19.

Mount joined Varane on the Carrington turf on Tuesday, but the clash against the German giants has come too soon and he too has remained behind in Manchester to continue his recovery from his muscle complaint.

Sofyan Amrabat

Amrabat is yet to make his United debut since joining on loan from Fiorentina on deadline day.

The combative midfielder was withdrawn from the Morocco squad for the games against Liberia and Burkina Faso as a matter of precaution, subsequently missing the game against Brighton, but ten Hag is hopeful of having his new player available sooner rather than later.

Luke Shaw

Shaw was another casualty after the Spurs clash, with the England star having picked up an injury to his thigh.

Shaw’s absence is a big blow (Picture: Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images)

United expect Shaw to be out for around ten weeks, meaning Ten Hag could be without his influential left back until October at the very earliest.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

The right side of United’s defence has also been hampered by injury, with Wan-Bissaka aggravating his hamstring having come on late as a sub against Brighton on Saturday.

The 25 year-old, who had been struggling with illness in the build-up to the clash with the Seagulls, is expected to be in the treatment room for around two months.

Harry Maguire

Maguire was part of the squad which trained in front of the cameras on Tuesday morning, so his absence on the flight to Bavaria came somewhat as a surprise.

United have confirmed Maguire is carrying a knock, leaving Jonny Evans as their only fit centre-half behind first-team pairing Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof.

Kobbie Mainoo

The exciting 18 year-old impressed during United’s pre-season campaign and so the freak injury picked up against Real Madrid on July 27 was hugely untimely.

Mainoo trained separately from the main group on Tuesday, watched closely by the club’s medical staff, but it remains to be seen how long it will take the youngster to return to the first team fold.

Tyrell Malacia

Shaw’s understudy at left back is also consigned to the sidelines, with a knee injury preventing him from taking any part in pre-seaon.

Ten Hag said last month that his compatriot would be out ‘for some time’, with no further news on his progression since then.

Amad Diallo

Amad suffered a serious knee injury against Arsenal in pre-season, robbing the 21 year-old Ivorian of the chance to impress ten Hag following a hugely successful loan spell at Sunderland last year.

United said: ‘Unfortunately, he has been ruled out of the first part of the 23/24 campaign, and we await further details on his estimated recovery date.’

Manchester United squad for Bayern Munich

Ten Hag has named a 21-strong squad for the trip to the Allianz Arena.

Summer signings Andre Onana, Altay Bayindir, Rasmus Hojlund and Sergio Reguilon have all been included.

Hannibal Mejbri, who netted against Brighton, is joined on the plane by academy graduates Dan Gore and Omari Forson.

Jadon Sancho and Antony remain absent from the first team setup, whilst Donny van de Beek has not been included on United’s Champions League squad list.

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