Man United striker Højlund sidelined with muscle injury،
Manchester United striker Rasmus Højlund has been ruled out for three weeks with a muscle injury that is expected to keep him out of the derby against Manchester City.
Højlund, who has scored in his last six matches, could miss up to five matches, starting with Fulham's visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.
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The 21-year-old is also unlikely to be available for the match against City at the Etihad Stadium on March 3.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, manager Erik ten Hag said: “It's a small injury, two to three weeks.
“That's what happened, it's the risk of playing at high intensity and training. It's not a big injury but he has to wait two or three weeks now.”
Højlund's injury is another blow for Ten Hag who are already without Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martínez, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tyrell Malacia and Mason Mount.
That leaves United without a recognized striker and left-back as they attempt to get back into the race for Champions League football.
The Ten Hag side are sixth in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.
“[Injuries] are a problem, but other clubs have this problem and we have to deal with it,” Ten Hag said.
“I think we can handle it better, but it’s a team depth issue.”
United confirmed this week that Sir Jim Ratciffe had finalized his deal to become a minority shareholder.
The 71-year-old British billionaire said his ambition was to bring success back to Old Trafford and Ten Hag insisted those plans included keeping him as manager beyond the summer.
“We talk a lot,” Ten Hag said. “There are a lot of conversations with him, with Dave Brailsford, about this club, about this team, about the structures.
“We are very aligned. It is very consistent with the ambitions that I have, the ambitions that I had when I arrived. I am 19 months in and I see that we are going in the right direction.
“We had some setbacks in the second season, but you see the team coming in, the team developing, working hard on the training pitch, working hard in the games.”
