The Scotsman

Key trio out injured for Manchester United

- By SIMON PEACH, PA

Harry Maguire, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood were among Manchester Uni ted' s abs entees at PSG, where Bruno Fernandes will captain Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's depleted side.

Having responded to the embarrassi­ng home loss to Tottenham by winning 4-1 at Newcastle on Saturday, the Norwegian will be without a number of key players in the French capital.

Asked to confirm Maguire, Cavani and Greenwood would be absent on Tuesday, Solskjaer said: "Yeah, and we've lost a couple so that's (Eric) Bailly didn't travel or (Jesse) Lingard didn't travel.

"We're a little bit depleted but we have got more than enough players.

"We hope the players won't be away for too long. Edinson needs a few more days training before maybe we can think about the weekend.

"Hopefully Harry, Eric and Mason as well but we're not sure about that."

Solskjaer laso confirmed Fernandes - so impressive since his January arrival from Sporting Lisbonwoul­d wear the captain's arm band in Paris, with Maguire absent.

"We hope Harry will be fit for the weekend," he added. "We're not sure but we hope so and the captain sits next to me - Bruno will captain the team tomorrow."

Ander Herrera believes his former club Manchester United are on the up. He said :“They are progr es sing, I think. They have signed the right players, in my opinion, and they are going to improve and they are progressin­g. I don't think they are going backwards. I think they are going forward."

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0 Bruno Fernandes will captain United in Paris

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