Phil Jones, Michael Carrick and Eric Bailly were Manchester United’s only absentees as they trained at Carrington ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League fixture at Basel.
Jones remains absent after worsening a thigh problem while on international duty with England, while Bailly is still missing with what Jose Mourinho has only described as an “injury.”
Their being out means the manager is still without his first-choice central-defensive pairing, with Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof expected to continue to take their place, as they did in Saturday’s 4-1 home defeat of Newcastle.
Club captain Carrick, 36, has appeared only once all season, having struggled with a calf problem, but United’s options were strengthened on Saturday by the first-team returns of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and they both trained.
Marcos Rojo also returned to contention at the weekend, when he remained on the substitute’s bench, making him another potential defensive option for Mourinho.
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