Eric ten Hag predicts the return of Rasmus Hoylund, Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka will boost Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final clash with Liverpool Get a boost during the game. Injury-plagued United have endured a poor season and need a win against Jurgen Klopp’s side at Old Trafford on Sunday to keep their title hopes alive. United go into the matchup against their arch-rivals as underdogs, but right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka should return after two months on the sidelines, as will England defender Maguire and Danish forward Hoylund. “We’ve had a good week. We trained today and they were all training,” Ten Hag said at Friday’s pre-match press conference.
“I think (they can). We have a practice tomorrow. Of course, we have to see how they recover from it, but it looks good.”
Ten Hag also gave a positive update on Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount, who has been out for four months with a calf problem.
“Mason Mount has been training with us for a whole week which is great,” he said. “The first part of the week was partial as well, but then he also had some full workouts with us, so it’s looking good.”
Lisandro Martinez, Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Marcia remain sidelined, while United confirmed Jonny Evans “has been dealing with a piece of cake”.
The club said “his game time has been carefully managed” and he was not included in Northern Ireland’s squad for the March internationals.
Sunday’s defeat will increase the pressure on Ten Hag as speculation mounts over his future at Old Trafford following the recent arrival of boss Jim Ratcliffe at the club.
The Dutchman said his players should be confident of good performances in the early weeks of 2024, despite the daunting task against an in-form Liverpool.
“I think the players, the team have shown recently since January that we’ve had a lot of wins in a really good run of games, so they’ve got to believe they can do that,” he said.
“Now we have to take advantage of this momentum. That’s what I felt when I was training with them during the game and during the game, they have such belief, there’s good confidence and good spirit in the team.”
Ten Hag dismissed reports linking Marcus Rashford with a potential move to Paris Saint-Germain.
The England striker has seen a sharp decline in form this season – he has only scored seven goals for United so far, with 30 goals set for 2022/23.
But Ten Hag said: “We re-signed him last season for four years and had no intention of selling him, no. He should be part of the program, so that’s not something we’re talking about.”
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