The boss had hoped several of his injured players, who were unavailable earlier this month, could be in a position to come back into the fold after this latest break but we will wait to see which of them are available.
Axel Tuanzebe has hinted he is making progress after being sidelined with a hip injury since withdrawing in the warm-up prior to our 1-1 draw with Liverpool on 20 October.
Axel played at Bramall Lane last season, while on loan at Aston Villa, and could provide a boost to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's options at centre-back, alongside Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones.