Man Utd strongest 100% available XI vs Brentford amid injury uncertainty for key players

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Forget the international break, Manchester United have a game next weekend.

Manchester United face Brentford on Saturday as the Premier League resumes, and there is a big injury list to contend with.

Let’s split the various issues up…

Injured and expected to be unavailable

The following players are out with injuries pending further updates…

• Luke Shaw
• Tyrell Malacia
• Mason Mount
• Harry Maguire
• Noussair Mazraoui
• Leny Yoro

Pulled out of international duty

The following players pulled out of international duty with their status yet to be determined…

• Kobbie Mainoo
• Amad Diallo
• Alejandro Garnacho

May not be 100 per cent…

There are question marks this weekend over the following players…

• Rasmus Hojlund
• Lisandro Martinez
• Manuel Ugarte

Rasmus Hojlund missed Denmark’s most recent training session and played just 12 minutes of their game against Spain.

Martinez and Ugarte are playing early on Wednesday morning in South America and face a tough turnaround to be 100 per cent ready to go in Manchester on Saturday.

Manchester United’s best available players

At present we are going to rule out all of the above as starters for Manchester United’s match with Brentford, looking at who else this leaves available.

• GK: Andre Onana
• RB: Diogo Dalot
• CB: Matthijs de Ligt
• CB: Jonny Evans
• LB: Victor Lindelof
• CM: Casemiro
• CM: Christian Eriksen
• CM: Bruno Fernandes
• LW: Marcus Rashford
• RW: Antony
• CF: Joshua Zirkzee

As always seems to be the case, Manchester United’s options at full-back are depleted and we do not expect Erik ten Hag to make the obvious call and bring in youngster Harry Amass.

The most likely solution is for a centre-back to fill in, with Victor Lindelof an option, with Matthijs de Ligt and Jonny Evans in the middle.

Christian Eriksen and a fully rested Casemiro will be options in midfield, while if Amad nor Alejandro Garnacho are not passed fit, Antony could be in for a rare starting chance.

This potential XI should be bolstered as the week goes on, and Martinez, Ugarte and Hojlund could be thrown into the mix. But as it stands, Erik ten Hag has a lot of issues to deal with and must prepare a side with the view that many of his stars will be unavailable.