Jose Mourinho may be forced to put rookie goalkeeper Dean Henderson on the Manchester United bench for Sunday’s FA Cup fifth round tie at Blackburn Rovers.
The Whitehaven-born teenager, whose only senior first-team experience is seven games on loan at Grimsby Town, has been put on standby for the match at Ewood Park because of an injury to David de Gea.
Although the Spaniard's knock isn’t believed to be serious, Mourinho is unwilling to take any risks with him ahead of next Sunday’s League Cup final against Southampton at Wembley.
The 19-year-old Henderson is in line to understudy Sergio Romero for the FA Cup fixture.