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Palace’s visit is thought to come too soon for the return of Jonny Evans, Mason Mount or Luke Shaw. The latter of that trio, however, is firmly on the road to recovery.
“It can take a little bit more time,” Ruben Amorim said of Shaw in his press conference earlier this week. “He stayed there [at Carrington] to make a different type of work, he’s going to get together with the team when we arrive and start from there. When I feel it is the right moment, we will start with some minutes in the games.”
The Eagles are set to arrive in M16 without one of their key players, Eberechi Eze, as revealed by manager Oliver Glasner ahead of the game, after the forward picked up a knock against Arsenal in the League Cup that has caused problems ever since.
“Last week he almost didn’t train the whole week,” the Palace boss revealed. “And this week it started again. We want to get him pain-free, so he can perform at his best level, so he won’t go with us to Manchester.”
Elsewhere, Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad are expected to be out for the season with knee injuries, so will not be available for selection on Sunday.