On April 27, Beijing time, Manchester United coach Ronnick confirmed at the pre-match press conference of this weekend's Premier League home match against Chelsea that six major stars, including captain Maguire, will not be able to participate in this game: "We will try to play to the best among the available players. Right now, our first team seems to have only 14 players left, and there may be three or four young players who will be part of the roster. ”
Lonnick revealed that Maguire's absence was due to a knee injury. In Last Weekend's 3-1 premier league defeat to Arsenal, the controversial Maguire was reduced to a substitute. As a result, without Maguire, United's defensive line is still full of holes and weak. It turns out that not all the blame for United's defensive problems falls on Maguire. The Captain remains the backbone of the team's backline and his absence leaves United with the centre-back combination of Varane and Lindelof against the Blues.
Not only Maguire, but also the main winger Sancho will also miss out. In the first leg against Chelsea, it was Sancho who scored a goal for United. With Sancho unable to play, Lonnick can only continue to trust Erlanga and Rashford to partner with Cristiano Ronaldo.
In addition to Maguire and Sancho, Fred, Cavani, Pogba and Shaw continue to be absent. In addition, the ability of right-back Wan-Bissaka to play will also be questionable. It can be said that Ronnick's platoon deployment is stretched. In order to supplement the squad, several young players will be selected for the squad. Young players Hannibal and Ganacgio will be named again in the squad and left-back Alvaro Fernandez is likely to make his debut.
At present, Manchester United have lost to Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League, and after playing 34 games, they have been 6 points behind Arsenal, who have played 1 game less, and there is little hope of competing for the fourth place. If United are unable to win the match against Chelsea at 2:45 Beijing time on April 29, they will almost say goodbye to next season's Champions League.