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Man Utd boss confirms some good news ahead of a huge Premier League showdown at Old Trafford

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Ruben Amorim has confirmed that two of the injured Manchester United players are in contention to return against Chelsea.

United welcome the Blues to Old Trafford on Saturday on the back of a 3-0 defeat in the Manchester derby last weekend, thus confirming their worst start to a league campaign in three decades.

Man Utd currently sit 14th in the Premier League table having taken just four points from a possible 12, with their only win coming in the last minute against newly-promoted Burnley before the international break.

That said, the clash in the capital comes too soon for Diogo Dalot, while Lisandro Martinez remains sidelined.

Mason Mount could face his former club at Old Trafford

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Amorim did add that Martinez is nearing a return to action and pointed out how much his side have missed the Argentine central defender.

"It’s really important [that Martinez is nearing a return]. When you have that injury you recover a lot of times very fast and then there is a boring part where it looks like you don't go to the next step,” Amorim said.

“We miss Licha a lot. We miss the aggression in this moment, how aggressive he is on everything he does, we miss him.

“But he’s always there in every meeting, even in training, he stays there to watch the training. I think we need Licha in this team."