Michael Carrick provides Man Utd injury update after eight stars miss training

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Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford were among the eight players to miss Manchester United's training session before facing Como in the Champions League on Wednesday

Michael Carrick has provided an update on five Manchester United players who've all been ruled out of Wednesday's clash with Como. Lisandro Martinez, Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw, Ayden Heaven and Marcus Rashford all missed the Red Devils' final training session at Carrington before flying out to Italy.

Carrick was already without Patrick Dorgu, Benjamin Sesko and Manuel Ugarte due to long-term injuries, while Leny Yoro is suspended following his red card against Atletico Madrid last time out in the Champions League. The United manager was asked for an update on his new absentees and admitted that it was a 'mixed bag', with Martinez the most likely to be available to face Bournemouth on Sunday.

> "Licha is not too bad but he's not with us. We'll have to see if he's ready for the weekend," Carrick told reporters. "Kobbie were looking at another 10 days or so. Luke a little bit longer than that.

> "A little bit of injury and illness in the camp. Ayden is ill and Marcus is still feeling a hip issue we're trying to overcome."

Carrick was then pressed on whether he regrets United's decision not sign a left-back in the summer transfer window, with Shaw's injury forcing him to reshuffle his defence. "Listen, when we've got injuries at different stages we can always look at what could have been done, what we could have been improved," the Red Devils boss replied.

> "I spoke to you about making the best of the transfer window in the situation we had, and this man next to me (Andrey Santos) was a big part of that. Delighted to have him.

> "We had to make decisions in the summer and we did what we could do and made the best of it. There's been injuries, Pat as well getting injured, it tends to happen at times where it hits you in the same place."

Sesko's recovery was another topic, with Carrick saying: "We're hoping soon that we have a clear picture. "I'm not trying to delay it, hopefully by the end of the week we will have something clearer. "There has been some work going on."

United have, however, recently been boosted by the return of Matthijs de Ligt, who hasn't played for almost a full year because of a gruelling back issue. "It's great to have him back, he's had such a long journey of 11 month or so out," Carrick added. "Been patient, worked hard, delighted to have him back, he's fit, he's ready."

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