Manchester United’s recently acquired £52m defender Leny Yoro has been sidelined for three months, while striker Rasmus Hojlund will be out for six weeks due to injuries sustained during Saturday’s pre-season match against Arsenal.
The news was confirmed by sources just over an hour prior to United’s 3-2 win over La Liga’s Real Betis in San Diego.
Both players had to leave the field in the first half of the 2-1 loss at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Yoro was seen at United’s training facility at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on Tuesday, wearing a protective boot and utilizing crutches.
This raised alarms about a significant injury, and those worries have now been confirmed, leaving 18-year-old Yoro unable to play until the end of October.
As a result, he will miss nine Premier League matches, including those against Liverpool, Tottenham, and Aston Villa, as well as the beginning of United’s Europa League and Carabao Cup runs.
Yoro is set to undergo additional tests when he returns to the UK to ascertain the full extent of his injury, although he will remain with the United squad for the duration of their trip in the US, which wraps up against Liverpool in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday.
Hojlund managed to score the opening goal for United over the weekend but has since suffered a hamstring injury and will miss action until after the international break in September, ruling him out of the match against Liverpool at Old Trafford on 1 September.
It remains uncertain whether these developments will revitalize United’s ongoing attempts to sign Jarred Branthwaite from Everton or Matthijs de Ligt from Bayern Munich, following prior approaches for both players earlier this summer.
