Manchester United are prepping for an important week of Premier League football with Newcastle up first.
27.09.2022 - 23:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United were without a number of first-team players in Tuesday’s training session as the last few rounds of international fixtures take place.
The club are gearing up for Sunday’s derby with Manchester City, by which time it will almost be a month since their last Premier League outing. That was the 3-1 win over Arsenal which ended the Gunners’ unbeaten start and extended their own league winning run to four games.
Some players were able to enjoy a prolonged run up to this weekend’s match by returning from international duty early. Tyrell Malacia was pictured back at Carrington after helping the Netherlands qualify for the Nations League finals next summer.
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He was joined by Scott McTominay, whose yellow card accumulation meant he was ruled out of Scotland’s Group B1 promotion clash with Ukraine on Tuesday evening. A number of other aspects were spotted too.
Varane raring to go
Manchester United fans were delighted to see Raphael Varane come through the international break unscathed and the France international has now returned to his club.
The former Real Madrid centre-back has formed a formidable partnership at the heart of United's defence alongside Lisandro Martinez so far this season and the duo are sure to be Erik ten Hag's preferred choice at the back when his side face bitter rivals Manchester City on Sunday.
And Varane looked raring to go as he got back to club duty alongside fellow internationals Tyrell Malacia and Scott McTominay in training on Tuesday.
England’s loss is United’s gain
Another United player not to feature for his country was Jadon Sancho. Gareth Southgate has not picked the winger since last October’s 5-0 win over Andorra,
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