New Manchester United additions, Rasmus Hojlund and Sergio Reguilon, might make their debut for the club in the upcoming clash against Arsenal this weekend, as per manager Erik ten Hag.
Rasmus Hojlund, the Danish striker, joined Manchester United from Atalanta for a reported £64 million ($82 million) in August but has been sidelined due to a back injury. However, Ten Hag has confirmed that Hojlund is now fit to feature in the match against Arsenal. Ten Hag stated, "Yes, Hojlund will be available. He had a good training week, so tomorrow we have the final training. But he is doing well, responding well, so, yeah, he will be available for Sunday's game. Bayindir will be in the squad as well, Altay, so happy. Now we have the keeper group fully there. We covered every position, so I think we have a very good keeper group with the arrival of Altay."
Additionally, the Dutch manager hinted that Sergio Reguilon, who has joined United on loan from Tottenham, will also be available for selection in the match. Although United had not officially announced Reguilon's signing at the time of Ten Hag's media interaction, the manager confirmed that the experienced left-back is training with the team and expected to be in the squad for the game. Ten Hag commented, "He is here, he trained. Yes, he will also be available for Sunday. He's a very experienced player, played for big clubs, played already a lot of games in La Liga, Premier League, so, yes, I think [he has] a very good background."
These new recruits are expected to bolster Manchester United's squad as they prepare for a challenging fixture against Arsenal, offering options and depth in key positions.
Ten Hag moved for Reguilon after injuries to Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia, followed by a failed attempt to sign Chelsea's Marc Cucurella on loan.
"We have seen he can play very intense football, so we are happy while we had a problem with Luke Shaw injured, Tyrell Malacia injured, therefore long-term out. So I think we responded very well on that emergency situation," he added.
United, having already made deadline-day moves for Bayindir and Reguilon, are also reportedly in talks with Fiorentina for Sofyan Amrabat.
"There are so many rumours but it's nice, eh? I think we have done good business, we constructed a strong squad and we are ready to go in to the fight," Ten Hag said when asked about the Morocco midfielder.
Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay could now both stay at United despite reports linking them with moves away from Old Trafford.
"If you see the schedule, it's tough, it's really condensed. When you see last season the World Cup, crazy season, the season takes longer, two weeks longer. We played FA Cup final one week longer," Ten Hag said.
"We had a short break, we had a really condensed pre-season again, so we need numbers. But also we need not only numbers, the numbers have to be quality.
"I think, yeah, with this squad we have depth and we have quality players and we can be in a variety of systems and we are happy with it. We are ready to go into the fight."
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