Man United safeguard Raphael Varane precluded for a month in colossal blow in front of derby
By Mensah Gideon
4th November, 2021
Manchester United safeguard Raphael Varane has been precluded for around a month with a hamstring injury.
Varane limped off during Tuesday night's sensational 2-2 draw with Atalanta in the Champions League and will miss this present end of the week's derby conflict with Manchester City.
The Frenchman, who endorsed from Real Madrid in the late spring, has been a quieting presence at the back when accessible, however, missed last month's Premier League gatherings with Leicester and Liverpool through injury and his nonappearance was distinctly felt as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side were very much beaten in the two games.
He got back to play an hour and a half as United beat Tottenham 3-0 last end of the week as Solskjaer changed to a back-three, yet with Victor Lindelof likewise an uncertainty it stays not yet clear whether Solskjaer will actually want to stay with that framework against City. Eric Bailly dominated when drafted in against Atalanta, yet he and the out-of-structure Harry Maguire would seem to be Solskjaer's just expert choices, given Phil Jones' long outcast, however, Luke Shaw has played on the left of a back-three before.
The worldwide break follows the derby, however, Varane appears prone to miss the Premier League meeting with Watford on November 20, just as the fundamental Champions League conflict with Villarreal three days after the fact.
Joined then face Chelsea and Arsenal inside the space of five days and Solskjaer will be frantic to have the 28-year-old accessible again for those games.
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