'It started again' - Crystal Palace dealt major injury blow for Manchester United clash
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has confirmed that attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze will not be making the trip to Manchester United this weekend.
The Reds host Palace in the Premier League on Sunday looking to keep their positive momentum rolling. On Thursday night, United beat FCSB 2-0 in Bucharest to advance to the knockout stages of the Europa League as a seeded team.
Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo were both on the scoresheet in the second half as the Reds eventually eased to victory against their Romanian opponents. Next up for United is the visit of the Eagles who sit a place and two points behind Ruben Amorim's men in the Premier League table.
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Among the threats in their side is Eze, who MEN Sport understands was a target for next summer. Those plans were formulated under Erik ten Hag's leadership in September so it is unclear if he is a player that Amorim would want to sign at the end of the season.
His form, despite Palace's mediocre position in the table, has been good with the England international scoring six goals and bagging as many assists in 24 appearances. Eze played the full 90 minutes last weekend as his team lost 2-1 to Brentford at Selhurst Park but Glasner has confirmed that he will play no part in the clash with United this weekend.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Glasner said: "We also will miss Eberechi on Sunday. He’s struggled the last weeks and months.
"He got a knock in the cup game at the Emirates. Since then he always had pain, training, not training, playing, us taking him off.
"Last week, he almost didn’t train the whole week, this week, it started again. We decided we wanted to get him pain-free so he is able to perform at his best level.
"He won’t go with us to Manchester tomorrow." The Manchester Evening News shall be bringing you all the build-up, updates and reaction from Old Trafford this weekend, here.
