OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has said that new signings Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho will not start his side’s Premier League opener against Leeds United next Saturday.
The arrival of both players is a significant boost for United’s hopes this season. The club have been chasing Sancho for two years and he finally secured a £73m switch from Borussia Dortmund last month. Varane’s arrival was somewhat more surprising with the defender moving from Real Madrid for £41m.
Both featured at Euro 2020 and, as a result, they have been late getting back to training. Speaking to media before his side’s pre-season friendly against Everton on Saturday Solskjaer confirmed that this would affect their availability for the Leeds game.
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“They (Sancho and Varane) still haven’t trained with us and I need to see how they are,” Solskjaer said, quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “I can’t see them being available for Everton but hopefully they will be ready to be on the bench [against Leeds].”
Varane and Sancho are not the only United stars who featured for their international sides this summer, and Solskjaer hinted that more players might not make it back in time for the start of the Premier League season.
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