Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has revealed that Andre Onana will return to the side for Thursday's Premier League clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The Cameroon international did not feature in Sunday's FA Cup clash with Newport County due to his presence at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
Onana's national side were knocked out of the competition by Nigeria on Saturday evening, though, and he has therefore returned to club duties and will be between the sticks against Wolves.
Altay Bayindir, who made his debut in the 4-2 success over Newport, is therefore set to drop back down to the bench, as he waits for his first minutes in the Premier League.
Anthony Martial, Tyrell Malacia and Victor Lindelof remain unavailable for selection, while the match will also come too soon for Mason Mount, who continues to work his way back from a calf problem.
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"Mason Mount, it is too soon, yeah," Ten Hag told reporters during his press conference on Wednesday afternoon. "But Andre Onana will return."
Man United have recently been boosted by the returns of Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Casemiro from injury problems.
"We know we have to catch up, first place, players know that, the team will be stronger when you miss players in crucial positions it weakens your team," Ten Hag added.
"Especially when you have to swap every game doesn't help the routines and we have seen some misunderstandings but now it's keeping the players fit, second is to get into better form and the third when we get that the results will be better."
Ten Hag also insisted that his side are 'capable of beating anyone on their best day', as the team go in search of just their 11th Premier League win of the campaign on Thursday.
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"We are quite confident and on our best days we can beat anyone. On our worst days, we go down to certain limits of what is not acceptable so we have to push our limits to high levels and on our worst days get our results in," he added.
"Everyone in the squad is very convinced about this. They know players are coming back from long-term injuries and the team will be stronger, it helps the motivation and it helps the mood and the spirit of the team.
"Every game we have to see as a final and every game we have to get the best out of it and this team has so much experience, they know that, I'm quite positive now we have our players back.
"Some need match rhythm but the line into this game is quite good, they had a friendly game, now a cup game and now you go into a Premier League game, the build up is quite good for those players so now we have to make the next step so individuals get back to their best form."
Ten Hag also fielded questions on Marcus Rashford during Wednesday's press conference and reiterated that it was "case closed" when it comes to the forward's conduct last week.
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