Manchester United injury doubt as Bruno Fernandes pictured wearing a protective cast

Bruno Fernandes is an injury doubt for Manchester United’s game against Crystal Palace on Monday (Credits: Eamonn andJames Clarke)

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has been pictured wearing a protective cast on his wrist ahead of Monday’s Premier League game against Crystal Palace.

Erik ten Hag confirmed his skipper was a doubt for the trip to Selhurst Park on Monday when speaking at his pre-match press conference on Thursday.

‘After the game [against Burnley] we had an issue with Bruno,’ revealed Ten Hag.

‘He is a doubt for Monday, but we all know Bruno, never rule him out for any game. He will do his best to be available.’

The Dutchman refused to specify the nature of the Portugal international’s injury, but Fernandes was spotted out in Manchester on Friday wearing a cast.

Fernandes has warn strapping on his right hand against Burnley and Coventry and managed to play a full part in both matches, but it remains to be seen whether or not he can feature against the Eagles.

Ten Hag, meanwhile, has confirmed he wanted to sign Harry Kane last summer but remains convinced that Rasmus Hojlund will deliver on his potential.

The under-fire United boss revealed that Kane was a target for the Premier League club before the England captain decided to join Bayern Munich last summer.

Instead, 21-year-old Denmark international Hojlund was recruited for £72 million from Atalanta and has so far scored 14 times in his debut campaign for the club, with eight of those goals in the Premier League.

‘We have to win every game,’ ten Hang said in an interview with Gary Neville on Sky Sports. ‘There’s an expectation around every game from us so you can only fulfil that expectation when you have those outstanding players.

‘But in the last decade and in this period, we couldn’t always get the players we wanted. Then you have to build and you have to accept that you get talent in instead of players who have already proved it in the past. We have had some choices made with talents like Rasmus Hojlund.

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‘I can see a striker (Harry Kane) who already proved it, who we want to sign and we couldn’t get him. And then we went to Rasmus because he’s a talent.
“With Harry Kane you know you get 30 goals. I think Rasmus will get there but he needs time.

‘It’s not fair to assess him the same as Harry Kane. I would never compare two players because they are very different.

‘But with Rasmus Hojlund, we get the highest potential in the striker position last summer. We are very happy with him, but he also needs time to adapt. We are very pleased he has showed his capacity to score goals.’

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