Latest Manchester United injury news with updates on Patrick Dorgu, Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs De Ligt as Michael Carrick looks to Sunday's Premier League clash with Fulham at Old Trafford
Patrick Dorgu receives treatment on the field
Patrick Dorgu faces a period on the sidelines(Image: PA)
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Manchester United are back in Premier League action this weekend, when they face Fulham at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick has been in flying form since stepping up as the club's new interim head coach following the sacking of Ruben Amorim earlier this month.
The 44-year-old overseen a comfortable 2-0 win over Manchester City in his first match in charge, before guiding the Reds to a dramatic 3-2 win over Arsenal at the weekend. However, this Sunday's clash with the Cottagers could prove problematic, given that Carrick will be without a number of key players for the fixture.
Here, the MEN rounds up all of the latest Manchester United injury news, and when players are expected to return to the field of play...
Patrick Dorgu
Carrick has confirmed that Patrick Dorgu is set for a spell of recovery after pulling up during United's win over Arsenal. However, the interim head coach was unable to give an exact timeline on when he should return to action.
Speaking during his press conference on Wednesday, the 44-year-old said: "Pat unfortunately is going to be out for a period of time. Still working through how long that is going to be.
"Disappointing because he has had such a big couple of weeks, we weren't sure if it was a little bit of cramp or if it was something more serious, at the moment it is looking a little bit more of a serious note. A few weeks out, how many weeks?
Patrick Dorgu lays on the turf
Patrick Dorgu sustained an injury against Arsenal(Image: Getty Images)
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"We will have to wait and see. It is disappointing for all of us and Pat, he is in such a good place but unfortunately it is part of football and something you have got to work through and get him back as soon as we can."
On missing Dorgu, he added: "It is not ideal, of course it is not, we don't want to lose good players from the group. That is part of having a squad and assembling a squad to be able to cover certain things.
"We have got players who can do that. It is the nature of the beast, unfortunately."
Potential return date: Late February
Joshua Zirkzee
Joshua Zirkzee has returned to training ahead of Sunday's game against Fulham, having missed both of Carrick's matches in charge of the first-team. Speaking about Dorgu's recovery, Carrick explained: "Josh is back training this week, which is good news.
"He has been out for a short amount of time, first training with us since we have been here so that is great to have Josh back."
While it is unknown as to whether he will be available to return to action straight away, or whether Carrick may take a more integrated approach remains to be seen.
Potential return date: Sunday, February 1 vs Fulham (H)
Matthijs De Ligt
Matthijs De Ligt has been out of action with a back injury since November, and is yet to return to training as a result. The defender suffered a "setback" in his recovery ahead of the weekend's match with Arsenal, and his interim head coach provided another update on Wednesday.
Carrick said of the Dutchman: "De Ligt is not training with us yet. Just working through the process of getting him back as soon as we can."
Potential return date: February