Carlos Baleba injury: Man Utd receive mixed news over £70m man before facing Brighton in EFL Cup

Carlos Baleba is edging person to making his highly anticipated Manchester United debut arsenic helium intensifies his betterment up of their Carabao Cup fixture against Brighton.

The 22-year-old is yet to marque an quality for the Red Devils pursuing his £70m summertime accomplishment owed to a lingering ankle ligament wounded sustained during a pre-season affable for his erstwhile club.

Michael Carrick past indicated that the Cameroon planetary would miss the opening weeks of the run but remained highly hopeful of a instrumentality earlier the upcoming planetary break.

The nine are understood to person ever anticipated his impermanent lack and wholly refused to unreserved his rehabilitation schedule.

Will Baleba play against erstwhile club?

As reported by the Man Utd website, the combative midfielder was precocious pictured moving rigorously successful the gym and connected the writer astatine Carrington but is wide expected to miss Wednesday's clash against his erstwhile employers.

United are keen to unafraid a triumph astatine Old Trafford arsenic they look to bounce backmost from a bitterly disappointing 1-0 defeat successful Sunday's Manchester derby. 

An authoritative nine connection subsequently confirmed that the marquee signing is moving tirelessly to unit his mode into first-team contention.

"Baleba is moving arsenic hard arsenic helium tin to get backmost into contention," work a United statement.

The timing of the Baleba communicative whitethorn origin immoderate raised eyebrows, fixed the disappointment of Sunday's derby nonaccomplishment against 10 men aft Phil Foden's first-half dismissal. 

How person Man Utd fared without Baleba?

While Carrick's men person yet to spot their marquee accomplishment from Brighton successful immoderate midfield configuration, the Red Devils' ongoing issues retired of possession truthful acold look to beryllium structural. 

Carrick has dropped Andrey Santos from the XI to accommodate Kobbie Mainoo alongside Youri Tielemans, with mixed results.

United person claimed conscionable 2 wins from 4 matches since the opening-day 2-0 loss astatine Hull City, 1 of which was a 4-0 victory implicit Champions League debutants Sabah past week.

Baleba's instrumentality whitethorn oregon whitethorn not lick the team's challenges, adjacent if galore expect the 22-year-old to astatine slightest springiness the squad added options.