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All the latest injury news surrounding Fulham and Manchester United as they prepare to face off in the Premier League.
Fulham are back in action on Sunday when they take on a Manchester United side hoping to bounce back from an opening day defeat. The Cottagers picked up a point in their first game, drawing with a very competitive Brighton side.
Meanwhile, United lost at home to Arsenal, but it can certainly be argued that they deserved to take a point or three from that one, and the performance suggested significant improvement from their last campaign, which was dismal.
Fulham will want to at least maintain their strong efforts from last season this term, but a slow summer transfer window threatens to hold them back, something Marco Silva has already addressed. Ahead of their clash with the Red Devils, we have rounded up all the latest news and transfer rumours surrounding Craven Cottage.
Lisandro Martinez - Out
Martinez is going to be out until late Autumn with a serious knee injury. Ruben Amorim confirmed at the time: “Licha is a difficult situation. He's going to be out for a while. We don't know the extent of the injury, but it's an injury that is going to take time.” Ahead of this one, Amorim said: "Nous and Licha are out. They cannot play in this game.”
Noussair Mazraoui - Out
Mazraoui has a hamstring injury and he is not expected to return for at least another week.
Andre Onana - Fit
Onana was not included in United’s last squad, but Amorim has confirmed that he is available. He said: “He recovered. But the other guys [Bayindir and Tom Heaton] did so well during pre-season, so I need to balance that. It’s not the case of dropping Onana, it’s not putting Onana with just one week [of training], without seeing a game, without time with training. Tom and Altay during pre-season, they did a good job."
Antonee Robinson - Doubt
Silva said last week: “We have the situation of Robinson - he had that surgery in the summer, after the end of the season, and is not ready. Good signs from him, he's already involved in some things with the team. Soon, we will see him in contention for the games.” The full-back could return, but we will await further confirmation.
Ryan Sessegnon - Doubt
Sessegnon had a chance of returning last week, with Silva saying: “About Ryan, he came off in the last pre-season game vs Eintracht. Nothing serious, as I mentioned, it was a bit of a precaution from him. He felt something, and with his story in terms of injuries, I think he took the right decision. And today, in the morning, he was involved in the session. Let’s see how he's going to react, and after we are going to take the decision for the game as well.” It was ultimately decided that he wasn’t ready. That should be different this week, but we will get more from Silva in his press conference.
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