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Manchester United have had a poor run this preseason with injuries.
On their pre-season USA tour, the Red Devils saw Leny Yoro, Rasmus Hojlund, Antony, Marcus Rashford, Victor Lindelöf, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Will Fish all sustain injuries.
Whilst Yoro is ruled out until late October and Hojlund until late September, little is known about the extent of the other injuries.
Antony return to the pitch in his next game, so presumably his knock was thankfully minor, however we’re still waiting on news of the others.
For one star in particular however, he picked up a freak injury ruling him out for the entire pre-season.
Dan Gore misses pre-season
At the start of the summer, United youngster Dan Gore picked up a freak injury during a personal training session.
The 19-year-old managed to dislocate his shoulder and required surgery to fix.
Although the midfielder has been undergoing rehabilitation, he wasn’t expected to return until the start of the 2024/25 season, which still looks to be the case.
Unfortunately for Gore, this could have a massive impact on the player’s development.
With the transfer window shutting on 30th August, only three weeks away, the chance of Gore getting a loan deal is extremely slim.
The 19-year-old would be looking for a loan spell to get more experience of first team football to help develop his career even further.
Unfortunately for the midfielder, this looks more and more unlikely with him yet to return to Carrington to work on his fitness. Without the use of the preseason to improve fitness levels, the player wont be in a great shape to get stuck into the season.
Unfortunately this is especially the case with Gore who missed the last six months of the 2023/24 season where he went on loan to Port Vale, only making one appearance before being ruled out through injury.
It’s understood that United will be looking at Gore and his long term development, however he may now have to wait until the January window opens to get a loan deal.
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