The Premier League season is yet to get underway for Manchester United, with Erik ten Hag’s men still waiting for their first run out when Wolves make the trip to Old Trafford on Monday.
Ten Hag will be desperate to start the season with a victory after last year’s disappointing start and Monday’s opponents are going through a somewhat turbulent period going into the game.
Julen Lopetegui, who was appointed by the club last year, left his role as manager of Wolves just one week before their Premier League curtain-raiser, with Gary O’Neil replacing the former Sevilla boss.
It is still expected to be a tough test for the Reds but just five days later, United will make the trip to London in a bid to extend their unbeaten record at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham will be without Harry Kane after the England star joined Bayern Munich earlier this week and now, it looks like another first-team star could be missing.
Cristian Romero, one of the first names on the Tottenham team-sheets, opened the scoring in their opening Premier League game against Brentford on Sunday.
He was, however, immediately substituted with a head injury and speaking after the game, manager Ange Postecoglou admitted that the Argentinian should have been taken off as a concussion sub.
“He got a head knock and it was pretty clear,” Postecoglou said after the game, according to Manchester Evening News.
“The medical team were monitoring him as he progressed from there and then he scored with his head.
“They were pretty sure we needed for his own benefit to get him off and obviously what we know about head injuries, for me it is not even an issue. We will always err on the side of caution.
“Cristian, the player is not the one you listen to in those situations because he doesn’t know what is going either, so I thought it was pretty clear what we had to do. Disappointed that we apparently filled out the wrong slip and it was not a concussion sub.
“In this day and age where what we know about head injuries, if we are going to worry about what form we fill out, I thought it was pretty clear what happened but hopefully he’ll be okay.”
As per Premier League regulations, if a player sustains a concussion, he must sit out the next seven days and will be ineligible for any games during that period.
It remains to be seen whether Romero’s concussion will be confirmed as it appears that Tottenham did not accurately report the substitution.
If the substitution is confirmed as a concussion substitution, Romero will not be able to feature in Saturday’s game against United.
Ten Hag will be hoping to report a clean bill of health going into that game, with most of his first-team regulars fit and raring to go for the first game against Wolves.
