Antonio Valencia faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a fractured arm during the Manchester derby in midweek.
The right-back has been in outstanding form of late and his absence is a blow as he is to undergo an operation to fix the problem on Saturday. Matteo Darmian took his place in the United side to face Burnley at Old Trafford with Jesse Lingard replacing Michael Carrick in the only other change to Wednesday’s EFL Cup tie line-up.
«Antonio is having surgery today,» said manager Jose Mourinho. «He has a fracture in his arm. With Michael Carrick, the decision was to play with only two midfield players and also thinking about the next match against Fenerbahce [on Thursday].
«The problem for us is having injuries all in the same area with [Eric] Bailly, [Chris] Smalling and Valencia. They were the three players that start almost every match in the Premier League and now we have lost all three in the same period.
«But that’s football and it’s an opportunity for others to play. We trust Darmian and we trust Marcos Rojo to have a positive influence.»
Antonio Valencia fue tendra que pasar por el quirofano para una operacion de su brazo derecho, sufrida durante el derby de Manchester a mitad de semana…
El Internacional Ecuatoriano venian siendo titular en la nueva era Mourinho, quien confirmo a operacion del jugador, resaltando que ahora son 3 jugadores que se desempeñan en la misma posicion lesionados, casos de Bailly y Smalling.
Tambienla sufrira la seleccion ecuatoriana con la que no podra disputar los proximos dos partidos de las eliminatorias a Rusia 2018.