The Brazilian has been part of the Reds’ pre-season squad since the start of July but picked up an ankle injury during last week’s training camp in Surrey, which led to him missing Saturday’s 4-2 defeat to Queens Park Rangers in London.
Solskjaer initially predicted that the full-back would be sidelined ‘for a few weeks’, but it now looks like being at least a month until we see the 28-year-old in action again, with Telles potentially set to miss our opening three Premier League fixtures.
“Unfortunately, it’s worse news on Alex Telles than we hoped for, his ankle injury is a little bit more severe than we hoped and he’ll be out for a little spell at least, the whole of August I would think,” Solskjaer told club media.