Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has confirmed Lisandro Mart\u00ednez has returned to training but will not be available for the trip to Nottingham Forest. The 27-year-old has resumed work with the group, but the club\u2019s medical staff have opted to delay his comeback to avoid taking unnecessary risks.<\/p>\n
Amorim said Mart\u00ednez had pushed to be involved for the Forest match, but the decision was taken to hold him back. Mart\u00ednez will remain on the sidelines for Saturday\u2019s fixture while continuing his gradual return to full activity.<\/p>\n
“He wants to go to this [game], he is not going to this one, he is going to take time,” Amorim told reporters. “He started training with us but we had to change some things in the exercise for him, so slowly he is going to get better.<\/p>\n
“He started training with us but we had to change some things in the exercise for him, so slowly he is going to get better.<\/p>\n
“He is really good, he is really good, and he gives us that edge in every training session and that is also really good for us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The manager added that United are in a favourable moment on injuries overall. Mart\u00ednez\u2019s progress means that every player is training in some capacity during the build-up to the Forest meeting.<\/p>\n
Mart\u00ednez may be joined on the sidelines by fellow centre back Harry Maguire after Amorim admitted uncertainty over the Englishman\u2019s return from a training-ground problem that kept him out of last weekend\u2019s win over Brighton & Hove Albion. The nature of Maguire\u2019s issue is not yet clear; Amorim initially described it as a \u201cknock\u201d which was \u201cnot serious,\u201d and said he \u201cdidn\u2019t know\u201d if the Englishman would be ready.<\/p>\n
United head into the weekend sixth in the Premier League but can climb as high as second this round. They sit just two points behind Andoni Iraola\u2019s Bournemouth heading into the fixtures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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