Manchester United will play against Newcastle in their first Premier League match in two weeks, MySportDab reports.
Interim manager Ralf Rangnick has confirmed that 25 first team players are available to play at Newcastle on December 27.
United’s last two matches against Brentford and Brighton was postponed last week due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the squad.
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Players have now returned to training in on Tuesday and every first-team squad member was present at Carrington this week.
Paul Pogba is the only player unable to train due to his injury recovery which would last for another two weeks.
“last week during the last training session on Thursday we had eight few players and three goalkeepers and closed the training ground for four days to stop the spread,” Rangnick said.
“And today was our third day of training this week, we trained yesterday and today.
“Now, we have 25 players, apart from Paul Pogba, he’s the only one who’s still unavailable. The development from last week is positive.
“We will train again tomorrow and the players will get a day off on Christmas Day and then we have the last training session on Sunday and will face Newcastle.
“From what I could see today in training, everyone is in good shape, all the players have had their schedule to train at home.
“So from training’s today, I can say most of them might be available. But I have to make some difficult decisions about who will make the squad and in the starting XI.”
Manchester United Predicted Line-ups Vs Newcastle:
De Gea, Telles, Maguire, Bailly, Wan-Bissaka, Fred, McTominay, Rashford, Fernandes, Sancho, Ronaldo.
Newcastle Vs Manchester United Kick-off:
The Premier League match will start at 1:30pm on Monday 27th December 2021.
