Trio poised for Manchester derby return

09 September 2016 13:40

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia have all been given the green light to play in Manchester United's derby clash with Manchester City.

Armenian playmaker Mkhitaryan was a doubt with a knee complaint and left-back Shaw withdrew from the England squad due to a calf issue, while fellow full-back Valencia had to be assessed after international duty with Ecuador.

Marouane Fellaini overcame a back injury in playing for Belgium on Tuesday, while Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero are available despite convoluted journeys back from the break spent with Argentina. Marcus Rashford is pushing for a start after netting a hat-trick for England Under-21s in midweek.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Johnstone, Valencia, Shaw, Darmian, Blind, Bailly, Rojo, Fosu-Mensah, Jones, Smalling, Fellaini, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Young, Herrera Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Depay, Mkhitaryan, Rooney, Martial, Ibrahimovic, Rashford.

Source: PA-WIRE