Harry Maguire sat out coaching on the eve of the Europa League final as faint hopes of the Manchester United captain main the aspect out against Villarreal had been all however extinguished.
The 28-year-old centre-back sustained ankle ligament injury 16 days in the past when Aston Villa’s Anwar El Ghazi awkwardly landed on him.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had initially been upbeat about Maguire returning to skipper the aspect in Wednesday’s final in Gdansk, solely for that positivity to wane final week regardless of the defender coming off his crutches.
But the centre-back’s place within the 26-man squad travelling to Poland offered renewed hope, so too Solskjaer’s suggestion he would make a late bid to be concerned against Villarreal.
“Harry is just going to jog up and down the sideline, I reckon,” the United boss stated in his pre-match press convention on Tuesday.
“He’ll probably try to join in (training) a little, but apart from that we’re looking quite good.”
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Yet inside an hour, it was clear that Maguire could be taking no half in Tuesday’s session.
The defender, who was named in England’s provisional 33-man squad for the European Championship earlier within the day, headed to the dugout reasonably than the pitch as his teammates began coaching.
Solskjaer went over to him quarter-hour into the session, earlier than the United boss returned to the principle group as a forlorn Maguire watched on.
