Neither Manchester United or Manchester City will have a clean bill of health going into Saturday’s FA Cup final. United have been plagued by injuries all season, tallying 45 separate cases during the regular season, excluding pre-season.
City have been stretched at times too due to their smaller squad with nearly every defender out with an issue at some stage.
Pep Guardiola sympathised with Erik ten Hag over the amount of setbacks his side have suffered: “They do not have a full squad, not all [the] squad [is] ready all season.
A lot of injuries, [the] manager has suffered a lot." READ MORE: Fernandes reveals what it would take to keep him at Man United READ MORE: Phil Foden makes Man City transfer admission Between the two clubs as many as seven players could miss the trip, with four guaranteed to sit out. Harry Maguire is one of the trio of United players certain to miss the final.
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