Manchester United's 25-man Europa League roster revealed! Ruud van Nistelrooy reveals Yoro's plans for a comeback, and the wounded await Amorim

Manchester United host Greece against Theokssaloniki on Thursday and the likes of Leni Yoro, Tyrell Malacia, Mason Mount, Christian Eriksen and Antony have all been involved in training, but not all of them will return during Ruud van Nistelrooy's tenure. Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw are still missing practice and are certain to miss the game.

The 18-year-old, who suffered a fractured metatarsal bone in pre-season and has been sidelined after surgery, was involved in the team's open training session on Wednesday, his first time in the squad. However, the French €62 million centre-back is still some time away from returning, and he has only trained on his own and will not be playing in the Europa League. According to the Manchester Evening News, his comeback will have a chance to accelerate in the coming weeks.

Ruud van Nistelrooy said: "He was well managed after the injury in pre-season and it will be a long season. Today is an important moment for him to return to training for the first time and we will have him back in part of the team training in the coming weeks and look forward to getting him back as soon as possible."

Ruud van Nistelrooy has revealed that the 25-year-old Dutch left-back Malacia could be the first to make a comeback, but he will first be playing for United's under-21 team. Malacia has not played for Manchester United since May 2023 and has suffered two surgeries on his knee injury, although he has trained fully in recent weeks, so the next step is to play.

Ruud van Nistelrooy confirmed that Malacia will first return to the reserves, with new boss Ruben Amorim expected to return to the first team next Monday. "Tyrell [Malacia] is the injured player who has gone the farthest, he has been in the team's training for a couple of weeks and can be fully involved without any restrictions." "We plan to give him some game time, probably at the Under-21s, and we'll have to see how he reacts."

Luke Shaw is currently training on his own, while Maguire is still doing rehab exercises in the gym. Ruud van Nistelrooy has called up Manchester United Academy defenders Daniel Armer and Jack Kingdon to replace them. Ruud van Nistelrooy said: "Harry [Maguire] is still recovering from an injury indoors and Luke [Shaw] will only be able to train with part of the team.

Ruud van Nistelrooy also revealed that 27-year-old striker Marcus Rashford had a suspected physical problem after 20 minutes of extra training alone before joining a group practice. Injuries have been a big problem for United over the past 18 months and Ruud van Nistelrooy can't explain why the team has been affected so badly.

"I don't know, I can't comment on that. For me, it's important to focus on the players who are healthy at the moment." 'Last week's game wasn't easy, but the players reacted well after the games against Leicester City and Chelsea and we want to build on that.'

Manchester United will have to win their first game if they want to secure a better Europa League place and go straight to the knockout stages. Before Ten Hag's dismissal, the team had drawn all three Europa League group games. It is worth mentioning that Theokssaloniki also has Manchester United veterans in their squad, and former academy "Three Princes" Shora Shoretire will return to Old Trafford.

Manchester United's 25-man training squad: Andre Onana, Bagendier, Tom Heaton, Dermot M; Diogu Dalow, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Lisandro Martinez, Yoro, Lindelof, Evans, Malacia, Amer, Kington; Ugarte, Casemiro, Eriksen, Mount, Bruno Fernandez; Garnacho, Rashford, Amad Diallo, Antony, Zirkze, Hojlund.