Matheus Cunha has been ruled out of Manchester United’s Premier League match against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
The Brazil international missed the 1-0 defeat to Everton on Monday after suffering an accident in training.
Ruben Amorim initially claimed that Cunha’s injury is ‘nothing serious’ but on Friday, the United manager confirmed that the 26-year-old will miss his side’s trip to Selhurst Park this weekend.
‘Sesko is going to take a little bit more time,’ Amorim said on Friday.
‘It will take a little bit longer and we are taking care of him.
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‘Harry, the same. I expect to have Matheus in the next one [West Ham United on Thursday], not this one.’
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