There was a sense of intrigue when the Manchester United squad for the Europa League fixture versus LASK was revealed earlier in the week.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his side hampered by fresh injury to Anthony Martial for the trip to Austria while defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka was also absent from the travelling squad.
Diogo Dalot's absence as the replacement right-back also caused concern particularly when there was no place for youngster Ethan Laird, who has featured for United in Europe already this season.
The situation regarding a lack of depth at full-back became even less clear when you realise United do have one at the club, and he had already trained with the first-team at Carrington on Wednesday morning.
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