Amad Diallo suffers serious injury as Man United hit with quadruple blow before Tottenham clash
Manchester United star Amad Diallo faces several weeks on the sidelines after sustaining ankle ligament damage, talkSPORT understands. Diallo, who picked up the injury during training, will now undergo scans to assess the severity of the damage and is a certainty to miss United’s clash against Tottenham on Sunday. Diallo will hope to return before the end of the season after picking up an injuryGetty The 22-year-old confirmed the devastating news via an Instagram post. “Extremely disappointed to be writing this message in such a crucial time of the season,” Diallo said. “Unfortunately, I will be out for some time with an injury. I will come back stronger than ever!! “Time to support the boys from the outside. Still loads to play for.” Diallo isn’t the only injury worry for United boss Ruben Amorim, as The Athletic reports Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer are all major doubts for the trip to north London. The report claims Mainoo will be sidelined for weeks, while Ugarte and Collyer face a race against the clock to be fit in time for the match. News of the brutal injury blows comes after Amorim conceded in his press conference on Friday he had ‘some problems’ with his squad in terms of availability. “(It) was a good week until two days ago, we had some problems,” Amorim said. “We don’t have players back, maybe we have one or two issues, we are waiting. “We have one player who is sick, we will see on the weekend.” Amorim now faces a serious tactical re-think ahead of the Tottenham clashGetty Amorim added ‘some young players’ were drafted into United’s training to help with the numbers due to the midweek absentees. If the injuries weren’t enough to throw United’s plans into disarray, the Red Devils had to make a last-minute adjustment to their travel plans on Saturday. United planned to take the train down to the capital, but it was cancelled. It meant the Red Devils had to take a four-hour bus down to London. What made it worse for United was the fact it was not their usual team bus. The club also planned to fly back to Manchester and players had parked their cars at Manchester Airport in anticipation of that. Mainoo’s absence means he will miss just his second Premier League match since Amorim took charge in November. Mainoo will reportedly miss out on United’s clash with Tottenham on SundayGetty The England international had operated as a central midfielder in Amorim’s system but was deployed further up the field during the FA Cup win over Leicester City and Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace. Should Ugarte miss out, it would also mark the second time he has missed a league clash under Amorim. He had partnered Mainoo in central midfield but with the United academy product pushed higher up, Ugarte was paired with skipper Bruno Fernandes. As for Collyer, he has come off the bench in three of United’s last four league matches. Attention now shifts towards how Amorim will re-jig his midfield for Sunday’s clash. Fernandes, who was partnered alongside Ugarte for United’s last two games, could be moved up into his more familiar position of attacking midfield with Amad Diallo in a similar position on the right side. Casemiro could make his first league start since December 30Getty With Fernandes moving out of the central midfield pairing, it means there are two openings in United’s engine room. Casemiro, who began on the bench for United’s last eight league games, could earn a recall to the starting lineup. Christian Eriksen also could be brought back into the fold. The Dane’s last league start came on December 30 in a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United. There’s also the chance Amorim keeps Fernandes as one of his two central midfielders and brings in Alejandro Garnacho to replace Mainoo further up the field.
Manchester United star Amad Diallo faces several weeks on the sidelines after sustaining ankle ligament damage, talkSPORT understands.
Diallo, who picked up the injury during training, will now undergo scans to assess the severity of the damage and is a certainty to miss United’s clash against Tottenham on Sunday.
The 22-year-old confirmed the devastating news via an Instagram post.
“Extremely disappointed to be writing this message in such a crucial time of the season,” Diallo said.
“Unfortunately, I will be out for some time with an injury. I will come back stronger than ever!!
“Time to support the boys from the outside. Still loads to play for.”
Diallo isn’t the only injury worry for United boss Ruben Amorim, as The Athletic reports Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer are all major doubts for the trip to north London.
The report claims Mainoo will be sidelined for weeks, while Ugarte and Collyer face a race against the clock to be fit in time for the match.
News of the brutal injury blows comes after Amorim conceded in his press conference on Friday he had ‘some problems’ with his squad in terms of availability.
“(It) was a good week until two days ago, we had some problems,” Amorim said.
“We don’t have players back, maybe we have one or two issues, we are waiting.
“We have one player who is sick, we will see on the weekend.”
Amorim added ‘some young players’ were drafted into United’s training to help with the numbers due to the midweek absentees.
If the injuries weren’t enough to throw United’s plans into disarray, the Red Devils had to make a last-minute adjustment to their travel plans on Saturday.
United planned to take the train down to the capital, but it was cancelled.
It meant the Red Devils had to take a four-hour bus down to London.
What made it worse for United was the fact it was not their usual team bus.
The club also planned to fly back to Manchester and players had parked their cars at Manchester Airport in anticipation of that.
Mainoo’s absence means he will miss just his second Premier League match since Amorim took charge in November.
The England international had operated as a central midfielder in Amorim’s system but was deployed further up the field during the FA Cup win over Leicester City and Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.
Should Ugarte miss out, it would also mark the second time he has missed a league clash under Amorim.
He had partnered Mainoo in central midfield but with the United academy product pushed higher up, Ugarte was paired with skipper Bruno Fernandes.
As for Collyer, he has come off the bench in three of United’s last four league matches.
Attention now shifts towards how Amorim will re-jig his midfield for Sunday’s clash.
Fernandes, who was partnered alongside Ugarte for United’s last two games, could be moved up into his more familiar position of attacking midfield with Amad Diallo in a similar position on the right side.
With Fernandes moving out of the central midfield pairing, it means there are two openings in United’s engine room.
Casemiro, who began on the bench for United’s last eight league games, could earn a recall to the starting lineup.
Christian Eriksen also could be brought back into the fold.
The Dane’s last league start came on December 30 in a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United.
There’s also the chance Amorim keeps Fernandes as one of his two central midfielders and brings in Alejandro Garnacho to replace Mainoo further up the field.
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