Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku,Anthony Martial, and Marcus Rashford checked in at The Lowry Hotel as the Manchester United squad continued to prepare for the Premier league game against Crystal Palace.
Jose Mourinho has a fully fit squad to choose from after Martial, Pogba, Lukaku and Rashford recovered from their respective injuries this week.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after the match
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Martial stayed in Manchester after suffering a muscle injury in the Manchester derby defeat to City, having been called up to the France squad. Lukaku also worked on his rehabilitation from a hamstring injury in Antwerp, Belgium, as he sat out the national team’s Nations League ties with Iceland and Switzerland. Pogba is fit again after he missed the City match.
Marouane Fellaini also remained in England, despite playing 90 minutes in the derby and is slated to start against Palace at Old Trafford. The suspended Shaw is the only unavailable player from United’s 23 outfielders after he accumulated five yellow cards.
“Martial stayed with us, he didn’t go to the national team,” Mourinho explained. “The national team was aware of his problems and with their permission he stayed, he worked really hard on that. I like to call that a pre-injury because problems in the pubes area and the muscles around it, they are a dangerous situation and he was in a pre-injury situation.
Confirmed United squad members
David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant, Ashley Young, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matic, Fred, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez