Harry Maguire and Edinson Cavani will not play in Manchester United’s Champions League opener against PSG tonight.
The Red Devils duo have not travelled to Paris for Tuesday’s European clash, which you can listen to LIVE on talkSPORT (kick-off 8pm).
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Maguire suffered a knock on international duty last week.
He featured – and scored – in Saturday’s defeat of Newcastle but will rest for this one, with one eye on Saturday’s game vs Chelsea.
His absence means influential January arrival Bruno Fernandes will wear the armband instead.
Fernandes was surprised by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the pre-match press conference by being named as skipper while sitting alongside his manager.
Cavani, meanwhile, only started training with his new teammates on Sunday having been quarantining since signing for United on deadline day.
Not travelling to Paris means Cavani will not debut against his former club PSG, for whom he is the all-time leading goalscorer, and he will instead hope to make his debut against Chelsea.
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Nonetheless, there will be some players facing their former clubs on Tuesday night.
Ex-Man United stars Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera are in contention to start for the hosts – who are in the middle of a serious injury crisis.
And there could be a debut for the Red Devils after all, with Alex Telles in line to play for the first time since his deadline day arrival from Porto.
Team news
Besides Maguire and Cavani, Man United are again without Mason Greenwood, who missed the 4-1 victory over Newcastle.
There have been rumours of disciplinary issues surrounding the teenage striker, but boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has insisted it is due to an unspecified injury problem.
Paul Pogba will hope to be recalled to the starting XI in his homeland, having been dropped at St James’ Park following some indifferent form.
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As for the hosts, PSG have a seriously long injury list, which has seen manager Thomas Tuchel claim he might only have 11 fit players available.
Mauro Icardi, Juan Bernat and Thilo Kehrer will all sit out due to injury, while Marquinhos, Marco Verratti, Julian Draxler and Danilo Pereira are major doubts after missing Friday’s victory over Nimes.
Meanwhile, Leandro Paredes could be out after suffering an injury against their Ligue 1 rivals.
Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will both play as they look to continue their fruitful partnership which has yielded 166 goals over the past four seasons.
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