Victor Lindelof's form could convince Erik ten Hag to keep him at Manchester United with the defender set to assess his future at the end of the season.
05.05.2023 - 12:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Alejandro Garnacho has an outside chance of returning to the Manchester United squad against West Ham on Sunday.
Garnacho has been sidelined since March 19 with an ankle injury but resumed squad training last week.
The 18-year-old is the only possible squad recall for United's penultimate away game of the season. United manager Erik ten Hag said: "I think it will be the same squad (as against Brighton), maybe Garnacho can be involved but we'll have to see."
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Lisandro Martinez and Donny van de Beek are out for the remainder of the season, Raphael Varane is expected to return before Scott McTominay while Tom Heaton has resumed light training.
The manner of United's 1-0 defeat to Brighton, whose winning penalty kick was converted in the 99th minute, is an additional challenge for Ten Hag after a seventh away defeat against a current top-10 Premier League side.
United have only taken six points from a possible 33 away from home against the top 12 but they have beaten six of the bottom seven, with West Ham in 15th place.
"We have every time in the season, when we had a defeat then we bounced back," Ten Hag reiterated. "I count on my team, we have to do it again.
"There is no time to stay in this, in one hour we move onto the game against West Ham. Prepare them and make a good plan. The players have to take responsibility and I count on them and they can do that."
Ten Hag will be pitted against West Ham manager David Moyes on the eve of the tenth anniversary of his appointment as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at United.
Moyes lasted less than 10 months during his official tenure but he has rebuilt his reputation across two spells at West Ham, who finished seventh and a point below
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