MANCHESTER UNITED welcome Atalanta to Old Trafford in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks set to welcome Marcus Rashford back to the starting XI alongside Cristiano Ronaldo after the Englishman’s shoulder injury.
Rashford has been out for months since summer shoulder surgery.
He has been slowly working his way back to full fitness and completed his comeback when he came off the bench and scored in United’s 4-2 defeat at Leicester on Saturday.
And the 23-year-old looks set to return to the starting XI after he appeared alongside Solskjaer at the pre-match press conference.
The appearance of a player at the pre-game media session usually sees the star in question start.
Rashford is likely to play in his trademark left-wing position with Mason Greenwood on the other flank behind Ronaldo up front.
Nemanja Matic is expected to keep his place in the starting XI from the defeat at the King Power and will partner Paul Pogba.
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Regular starters Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka will play at the back with Victor Lindelof in for Raphael Varane.
If Solskjaer decides to ring the changes – which he hinted at after the Foxes loss – Alex Telles could come in at left-back.
The Brazilian scored a screamer in United’s win against Villarreal in the Champions League last month and may have warranted a recall.
Solskjaer also hinted Fred and Edinson Cavani are pushing for inclusions and Scott McTominay could feature after coming off the bench at Leicester.
But Anthony Martial is still out.
The Norwegian said: “Anthony joined in training today but he’s still not fit enough to join us [for the match].
“Harry’s [Maguire] not had any reaction so he’s fine and good to go.
“We didn’t lose anyone else from the game through injury at the weekend, so we’re, more or less, a full squad.
“Raphael [Varane] is still not with us but Edinson and Fred are back available which is good for us.”
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Rashford’s appearance alongside his boss could also have been to show a United front after the winger’s camp were reportedly unhappy with Solskjaer after he suggested social champion Rashford should ‘prioritise his football’.
Finally, United provided some Atalanta team news on their official website and said: “Rafael Toloi was taken off during their 4-1 victory over Empoli on Sunday and the centre-back looks to be ruled out with a thigh problem.
“Matteo Pessina, Robin Gosens, Hans Hateboer and Berat Djimsiti are also set to be missing when the Italian side fly to Manchester for the first-ever meeting between the clubs.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
