Man United head coach Michael Carrick confirms double injury blow as fresh Benjamin Sesko fitness update is given

By Matt Law | 12 Oct 2026 20:35, Last updated: 12 Oct 2026 20:37

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has confirmed that Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo are retired of Tuesday's Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid.

Neither Shaw nor Mainoo trained with the Red Devils connected Monday morning, sparking fears that they could beryllium absent for the clash with Diego Simeone's team.

Carrick has present confirmed that the duo person stayed down successful Manchester to retrieve from injuries which were sustained successful Saturday's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur.

"They haven't travelled. Luke and Kobbie had issues successful the crippled connected Saturday, truthful we're benignant of moving done that to spot wherever it, to spot what that looks like. At the moment, they're not acceptable for the crippled tomorrow," Carrick told reporters.

When asked astir Benjamin Sesko's ongoing absence, the Englishman said: "We're inactive waiting during this week to bash a fewer other tests. We request to beryllium close astatine the apical of it and marque definite we support doing the close things. At this moment, I haven't truly got a amended timeframe for it."

Shaw, Mainoo to miss Man United's clash with Atletico

Sesko has missed Man United's past 2 matches owed to a recurrence of a shin contented which helium sustained astatine the extremity of past season.

There are fears that the striker's contented has go chronic.

Man United volition besides beryllium missing Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui done wounded connected Tuesday, but Matthijs de Ligt has travelled; the Netherlands planetary is successful enactment to marque a matchday squad for the archetypal clip successful astir a year, having yet recovered from a semipermanent backmost problem.

Highly-rated 18-year-old defender Dan Armer has besides made the travel to Madrid.

De Ligt has made a timely instrumentality for Man United

"We've got a mates of issues with immoderate players missing out, but we're decidedly not airy connected numbers," said Carrick. "I deliberation it's bully for the likes of Dan to beryllium portion of it and the young players to illustration it successful these types of nights, the build-up to the game, being astir the group, getting a consciousness of it, getting a consciousness for it.

"It's bully to person Matta backmost successful and astir it. He's been retired for a agelong play of time, a small spot of patience with him and moving through, but again, for him to beryllium backmost astir it, it's fantastic. He's worked truthful hard to get to this stage, he's had a agelong journey, truthful we're delighted to person him back.

"I'm decidedly comfy with him playing, of course. I deliberation determination is the constituent of erstwhile that clip is and however overmuch it is. I deliberation helium played a small spot of the Lausanne game, he's done a just spot of training, but of course, it's moving our mode done it and not excessively overmuch excessively soon. But decidedly got assurance successful him, there's nary uncertainty astir that."

Man United person lone won 2 of their 8 matches successful each competitions astatine the commencement of the 2026-27 campaign, and the unit is gathering connected Carrick amid the team's struggles.