Manchester United have suffered a double injury blow ahead of the start of the new season, with summer signing Leny Yoro and striker Rasmus Hojlund set for spells on the sidelines.
Both players were forced off in the first half of Saturday’s pre-season defeat to Arsenal at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
And it was confirmed before United’s midweek 3-2 win over Real Betis in San Diego that both players face spells out, with Yoro’s injury more significant.
The £52m centre-back has been ruled out for three months and Hojlund will miss six weeks. Yoro was filmed at United’s training base at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on Tuesday wearing a protective boot and using crutches.
That sparked fears of a major injury and those concerns have now been realised, with 18-year-old talent set to be out until the end of October.
That would mean he misses nine Premier League games, including matches against Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa, and the start of United’s Europa League and Carabao Cup campaigns.
