Ruben Amorim has finally had some positive injury news for Manchester United fans and explained why he's feeling "really confident" as the Red Devils prepare to face Nottingham Forest
14:38, 31 Mar 2025
Ruben Amorim has reasons to smile ahead of Manchester United's trip to Nottingham Forest
Ruben Amorim has reasons to smile ahead of Manchester United's trip to Nottingham Forest(Image: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has been handed a much-needed boost after revealing Harry Maguire and Leny Yoro are back for the trip to Nottingham Forest.
But Ayden Heaven, Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo remain sidelined, along with Amad Diallo and Lisandro Martinez, with the latter out for the rest of the season.
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Amorin has welcomed the return of centre-backs Maguire and Yoro, who were both injured ahead of the international break, for Tuesday's Premier League clash.
Amorim said: "Luke is not ready yet. We are starting to do some drills with the team, but we are building up Luke.
"Mason Mount is feeling better, but he was already on the bench the last game. Kobbie is almost returning, but he's not ready for this game.
Leny Yoro of Manchester United (L), Amad Diallo of Manchester United (C) and Harry Maguire of Manchester United
Leny Yoro (left) and Harry Maguire (right) are back available for Mancheter United, but Amad Diallo (centre) remains sidelined(Image: Offside via Getty Images)
"Jonny Evans is recovering, Ayden is recovering, Licha (Martinez) is out, I think that's it. Maguire and Yoro are ready to go for the game.
"Ayden's injury was not so serious. He’s recovering. He’s not ready to play, but he’s going to return this season, for sure.”
United won 3-0 at Leicester before the international break, and Amorim believes his players can pick up where they left off, ahead of the final two months of the season.
He added: "You can say that I'm really confident. I feel the players are more confident and the energy is different, but this could change with results.
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"We're focused on maintaining the energy, we've worked on things to improve, we're in a different moment and more confident for these final two months of the season.
"I don’t know which place we're going to finish, but we are looking up, we want to win games.
"We still have matches to win, so we can finish in a different position, so we have more confidence, we're looking up, we want to win games and that's our focus at the moment.
"I think it’s also really exciting because we had really tough matches, but we already had that, in the last weeks, that kind of schedule with fewer players, so it's really important to have the players ready to fight.
"We have to rotate during matches and the different characteristics give us different opportunities to win football matches.
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"It's a very good moment in our season, we have games that are really tough, but the team is ready to face that and the Europa League is a key point in this final run."