Speaking at Friday’s press conference, Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim explained that Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) earned some extra recovery time after returning from international duty.
Thursday’s absence from training is nothing for the Portuguese playmaker’s Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers to worry about. And it’s the same story for Matheus Cunha (£8.0m), Amad Diallo (£6.3m) and Casemiro (£5.5m).
“Bruno [Fernandes] played 62 minutes, [so] we gave one more day [to recover]. We try to balance everything to have everyone ready. But they are ready, the guys are returning from national teams. They are ready to play.” – Ruben Amorim
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Also away from Carrington were the three flagged players: Ayden Heaven (£3.9m, unspecified), Lisandro Martinez (£4.9m, knee) and Noussair Mazraoui (£4.9m, unspecified).
“Licha [Martinez] is near, almost returning to the training with the team. Mazraoui, I don’t know. The rest of the guys, the national team [players], they are ready. But, if you saw the games, some players play in Japan, so we need to be careful, to give more time.” – Ruben Amorim
Heaven picked up an issue when playing for England under-20s over the break.
