Noussair Mazraoui could possibly be available for Manchester United’s Premier League showdown with Liverpool after recovering from a ‘mystery injury’.
The Morocco international was spotted back in training together with his countrymen in the course of the international break despite not featuring in either game against Bahrain and Congo.
The previous Bayern Munich star initially picked an injury during United’s opening pre-season match against Leeds United.
Maintaining fitness has been a difficulty ever since with the right-back missing the opening games of the Premier League season against Arsenal and Fulham, coming off the bench against Burnley before starting games on the proper against Manchester City and Chelsea.
He missed United’s last two games and was ruled out until after the October international break.
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The ‘mystery’ problem is now thought to have eased, The Sun report, with the defender hoping to be in contention for the trip to Merseyside on Sunday.
Mazraoui joined United from Bayern for a modest fee of £12.8m in the summertime of 2024 to be reunited his former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag.
Ruben Amorim is a large admirer, describing him as ‘smart and crucial’ following his arrival in Manchester, even declaring him ‘the longer term’ of the club.
‘He’s an incredible player, he’s our future,’ Amorim said after a 3-2 win over Bodo/Glimt within the Europa League last yr.
‘He’s played in several positions, he looks all the time fresh but we have now to watch out.
‘There’s loads of games but he’s here to remain. This sort of player is what we want.’
Mazraoui was a key player for Amorim last term, starting 38 of the top coach’s 42 matches in charge last term.
Victory over Sunderland on Saturday moved United into tenth place before the international break.
Liverpool meanwhile suffered their defeat on the bounce away to Chelsea that evening, slipping to second within the table with Arsenal moving top.
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