Manchester United set for double injury boost against Wolves after new update

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·5 dicembre 2025

Manchester United set for double injury boost against Wolves after new update

Ruben Amorim still unsure when exactly Noussair Mazraoui, Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo will depart for the Africa Cup of Nations

Ruben Amorim believes that Manchester United duo Matthijs de Ligt and Diogo Dalot will both be fit for Monday night’s clash with Wolves.

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De Ligt was a surprise absentee from the Red Devils’ matchday squad for their 1-1 draw against West Ham on Thursday, with Ayden Heaven drafted in to start alongside Luke Shaw and Noussair Mazraoui in a three-man defence.

However, the 19-year-old endured a difficult first half at Old Trafford and made way at the interval for Leny Yoro, while the fit-again Lisandro Martinez made only his second appearance since February as a late replacement for Shaw.

The previously ever-present De Ligt - who had yet to miss a single minute in the league this term - turned out to be one of the two initially unnamed players that Amorim admitted were doubts to face West Ham, with the exact nature of his injury not disclosed.

However, Amorim did say that it was only a “small thing” and that he expected to have the Dutchman back for Monday night’s trip to Molineux to face a free-falling Wolves team that remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League under new boss Rob Edwards, 12 points adrift of safety having now lost seven successive games and amassed only two points from 14 games this season.

Wing-back Dalot, meanwhile, started for United against West Ham, opening the scoring shortly before the hour mark but replaced by Patrick Dorgu 10 minutes later having picked up a knock. The Hammers went on to snatch a late point courtesy of Soungoutou Magassa’s equaliser.

Asked if he thought De Ligt and Dalot would be okay to face Wolves, Amorim told reporters: “I think so. We’ll see.”

United are set to be without injured duo Benjamin Sesko and Harry Maguire again on Monday, while it remains to be seen if Mazraoui, Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo will be playing their last club games before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

The release date for players appearing at the competition in Morocco was recently changed to December 15 - the same day that United host Bournemouth at Old Trafford.

Amorim remains uncertain exactly when that trio will be departing to join up with Morocco, Ivory Coast and Cameroon respectively, with AFCON beginning on December 21.

"No, with everything," Amorim said. "They are going to play the next game [at Molineux] and that is the only thing I care [about]."