Man United vs. Brighton: Michael Carrick issues Luke Shaw fitness update as Carlos Baleba debut date emerges

By Matt Law | 15 Sep 2026 13:48, Last updated: 15 Sep 2026 13:50

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has provided a fittingness update connected Luke Shaw and Carlos Baleba up of Wednesday's EFL Cup third-round clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Shaw has missed Man United's past 2 games against Sabah and Manchester City successful the Champions League and Premier League respectively owed to a fittingness issue.

Baleba, meanwhile, is yet to marque his debut for the 20-time English champions, having signed with an ankle occupation that helium sustained portion representing Brighton successful pre-season.

Carrick has revealed that Shaw has a flimsy accidental of being progressive against Brighton, but a instrumentality connected Sunday distant to Fulham is simply a much realistic people for the Englishman.

"He could perchance beryllium acceptable for Brighton, but it's not clear-cut. But it's a substance of a fewer days alternatively than thing else," Carrick told reporters during his property league erstwhile asked astir the defender.

Shaw could instrumentality vs. Brighton, Baleba backmost aft planetary break

Baleba has stepped up his betterment process, meanwhile, and Carrick has suggested that the Cameroon planetary could debut against Tottenham Hotspur connected October 10.

"He'll beryllium backmost successful and astir the radical astatine immoderate constituent implicit the adjacent week oregon so, truthful that means aft international, helium should beryllium successful bully shape," said the Man United caput coach.

Baleba trained connected the writer implicit the weekend, arsenic his betterment process continued, and the 22-year-old should beryllium capable to instrumentality to enactment aft the upcoming planetary break.

De Ligt, Amad stay connected the sidelines for Man United

Matthijs de Ligt and Manuel Ugarte stay connected the sidelines, portion Amad Diallo is not yet acceptable to instrumentality from the ankle contented that has prevented him from playing this season.

"Amad, not rather adjacent successful presumption of days, but we'll spot arsenic the week progresses," said Carrick. "And Matta’s conscionable moving his mode back, really, truthful due to the fact that of the clip framework and however it's been, I don't truly privation to enactment excessively overmuch clip framework connected it."

Carrick is expected to marque changes for the clash against Brighton, with Noussair Mazraoui, Leny Yoro, Andrey Santos and Benjamin Sesko among those who could beryllium successful enactment for starts.