Man Utd suffer another double injury blow as pre-season misery continues

Manchester United have suffered more injury woe during their pre-season tour of the United States with Marcus Rashford and Antony both limping off during the victory over Real Betis.

Rashford, Amad Diallo and Casemiro were on the score sheet as Erik ten Hag’s side sealed a 3-2 win in San Diego in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Just before the hour mark, Rashford suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury after Betis midfielder Sergi Altimira trod on his right foot.

The forward stayed down for several minutes before being replaced, later seen leaving the Snapdragon Stadium with a slight limp.

United’s injury woes didn’t end there with Antony, brought on at half-time as part of a raft of changes made by ten Hag, lasting just 23 minutes before being forced off.

The Brazil international tore off his wrist tape in frustration and went straight down the tunnel with United’s physio to undergo treatment.  

The latest blow shortly followed the news that £52million signing Leny Yoro could miss up to three months of action. Rasmus Hojlund meanwhile will be sidelined for six weeks after both players were forced off in the pre-season friendly against Arsenal last weekend.

In just his second appearance for the club following his move from Lille, Yoro was forced off against the Gunners with a suspected broken metatarsal and was seen on crutches wearing a protective boot this week.

Hojlund, who impressively opened the scoring in that game against Arsenal, suffered a hamstring injury later in the contest.

United were beset by injury problems during the 2023-24 season with ten Hag laying the blame for their woeful Premier League campaign on those frequent absences.

Fresh blows could also accelerate their plans in the transfer market, following the signings of Yoro and Dutch forward Joshua Zirkzee.

United are in talks to sign Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt from Bayern Munich having also seen two bids for Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite rejected.