Bruno Fernandes in doubt due to Covid as he is expected to be in a race against time to recover from Covid; ahead of Manchester United’s 2nd leg tie in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid.
The Portuguese midfielder has provided twenty one goal contributions for the club this season for his club. With six of those coming in the Champions League.
This came to light when manager Ralf Rangnick provided an update of the players unavailable for training ahead of the fixture this week. Which included the likes of Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay.
With Scotty, I hope but he had some muscular problems with his calf,” Rangnick said. “That’s why we decided not to play him ( because Scotty is only valuable if he can perform with 100% of his physical capacity.
“Luke hopefully will be back in training Monday and Bruno we will have to wait and see until Tuesday. This will probably be a last-minute race with him due to Covid-19. “We have to be careful with Covid-19 tests. David was the same. David yesterday was out, he was not not supposed to play but then it turned out that his first fast test was false.”
The Red Devils managed to get an equaliser in the away leg through Anthony Elanga late in the night in the 80th minute. After João Félix gave the hosts the lead early in the contest.
Thus the tie will go into Old Trafford with everything to play for. And with the away goals rule no longer in play. Giving the fans and neutral a juicy encounter finely poised with a 1-1 score on aggregate.
United however will go into the contest as favourites with their talisman and Mr. Champions League Cristiano Ronaldo in fine form. Following the hat trick he bagged over the weekend against Spurs in a 3-2 win at home in the league.
