Prior to Manchester United’s FA Cup fourth-round match with Reading, Erik ten Hag gave updates on the fitness of Jadon Sancho, Diogo Dalot, and Luke Shaw.
Due to their stellar performance in the Premier League and the fact that Reading are now positioned in the middle of the Championship standings, the Red Devils enter the match as significant favourites.
Ten Hag said in a news conference before the game that he had a “strong” group to choose from despite a few injury worries.
“We always have issues, but I think tomorrow, we have a strong selection for this game. ‘We have a good squad, we have depth in the squad, so we can cover things,” he said.
“[Diogo] Dalot is definitely out, and I think also [Luke] Shaw is a question mark. We have to see after this training session, after this day, if he [Shaw] is available or not.
“I think Aaron [Wan-Bissaka] and Ty [Malacia] are playing magnificent at the moment. On Wednesday, they were really brilliant. The whole back four was brilliant on Wednesday. We are happy in the back four, we have depth in the squad. That’s what we need when you have to cover 10 games in 30 days and hopefully it will continue after that as well.”
Ten Hag also provided an updated on Sancho’s fitness: “He is training with the team and we will see. He is improving, he is making steps, we will make the decision after the training.
“He’s on the way back, he’s making steps, so he’s back in team training and now we have to see when he is ready to go back into the games.”
