{"id":11391,"date":"2022-03-06T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/why-luke-shaw-raphael-varane-are-absent-from-man-uniteds-squad-to-face-city\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:19","slug":"why-luke-shaw-raphael-varane-are-absent-from-man-uniteds-squad-to-face-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/why-luke-shaw-raphael-varane-are-absent-from-man-uniteds-squad-to-face-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Luke Shaw &amp; Raphael Varane are absent from Man United\u2019s squad to face City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explanations for the respective absences of Manchester United stars Luke Shaw, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo from the club\u2019s matchday squad to face Man City this evening have been provided.<\/p>\n<p>The news which rocked the Red Devils fanbase to its core was of course forthcoming earlier on Sunday, in the form of confirmation that none of Shaw, Varane, Cristiano Ronaldo or Edinson Cavani were set to play any part in the fast-approaching Manchester Derby.<\/p>\n<p>And as much, in turn, has since been confirmed courtesy of the unveiling of the Red Devils\u2019 matchday squad a short time ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Introducing our Reds for the derby \u2694\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCIMUN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MCIMUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1500493910484787201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his pre-match media duties at the Etihad, Ralf Rangnick was therefore inevitably drawn on the whereabouts of his key quartet.<\/p>\n<p>And explanations for all four missing out, in turn, were subsequently provided.<\/p>\n<p>As per United\u2019s interim boss, both Shaw and Varane have returned positive tests for Covid-19, whilst Ronaldo joins Cavani on the treatment table owing to what is described as a hip injury:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">United say Varane and Shaw have tested positive for Covid. Ronaldo has a hip injury <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyrone Marshall (@TyMarshall_MEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyMarshall_MEN\/status\/1500495239609475075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When pressed further on the wellbeing of long-term absentee Cavani, Rangnick added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rangnick on Cavani: \u201cEdi trained well in the last three days but in the end he didn\u2019t feel quite well enough to be able to play.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyrone Marshall (@TyMarshall_MEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyMarshall_MEN\/status\/1500496858942214144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Etihad showdown<\/h2>\n<p>The outcome of this evening\u2019s derby, of course, could prove to be crucial when it comes to not only the race for the Premier League title, but also the top-4.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Sunday\u2019s hosts, Manchester City, desperate to reestablish their 6-point advantage over Liverpool at the division\u2019s summit, amid the rampant spell of form being enjoyed by Jurgen Klopp\u2019s troops.<\/p>\n<p>United, on the other hand, are set to be ousted from their Champions League-clinching berth in short order, should Arsenal translate their 3-2 lead over Watford into all three points at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n<p>Could the absences of all of Ronaldo, Cavani, Shaw and Varane yet cost the latter dear?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/manchester-city-vs-manchester-united-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Manchester City vs Manchester United live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/why-manchester-uniteds-transfer-budget-could-be-slashed-in-the-summer\/\">Why Manchester United\u2019s transfer budget could be slashed in the summer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Explanations for the respective absences of Manchester United stars Luke Shaw, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo from the club\u2019s matchday squad to face Man City this evening have been provided. The news which rocked the Red Devils fanbase to its core was of course forthcoming earlier on Sunday, in the form of confirmation that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}