Team news brief for Chelsea clash

Posted Feb 27 2021, 21:00 by Dale O'Donnell

Manchester United's Scottish midfielder Scott McTominay (C) challenges Real Sociedad's French defender Robin Le Normand and Real Sociedad's Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg football match between Real Sociedad and Manchester United at the Juventus stadium in Turin on February 18, 2021. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

A recap from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s press conference on Friday.

Juan Mata and Paul Pogba are out.
Scott McTominay, Donny van de Beek, and Edinson Cavani are doubts.
Daniel James picked up a knock versus Real Sociedad and will be assessed ahead of the game.

The manager said, as per Manchester Evening News: “Juan will unfortunately be out for a couple of weeks, so he missed tonight. We hope that they [Scott, Donny and Edinson] can be available for the weekend but I’m not sure. Paul is still out for a few weeks, unfortunately.”

Posted by Dale O'Donnell

Feb 27 2021, 21:00