An explanation for Scott McTominay missing Manchester United’s meeting with Aston Villa has been provided.
United are set to face off with Aston Villa on Saturday morning, in their fourth pre-season friendly of the summer.
The Red Devils head into the match on a fine run of form, having seen off Liverpool, Melbourne Victory and Crystal Palace by comfortable margins already this month.
Ahead of the game, Manchester United released their starting line-up just over an hour before kick-off.
The line-up itself proved fairly strong, though Erik ten Hag dismissed suggestions that he was close to finding his best eleven:
“I’m not talking about starting XI. We have to construct a squad and from there we can picking the starting XI to start the games depending on the opponents.”
Erik ten Hag asked if he’s close to picking his favoured #mufc XI: “I’m not talking about starting XI. We have to construct a squad and from there we can picking the starting XI to start the games depending on the opponents.” #mulive [mutv]
— utdreport (@utdreport) July 23, 2022
One player who missed out on the matchday squad altogether, though, was Scott McTominay, with it since reported that the midfielder is dealing with a ‘little niggle’ and therefore not being risked:
Scott McTominay has a “little niggle” and is not being risked against Aston Villa #mulive [mutv]
— utdreport (@utdreport) July 23, 2022
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