Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick has suggested that Bruno Fernandes faces a race against time to be fit for the Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid. Rangnick confirmed that Fernandes has been tested positive for COVID-19.
The Manchester United interim boss also suggested that they will have to wait until Tuesday to see if Fernandes will be ready and it is a ‘last-minute race’ for him. He also provided an update on Scott McTominay, who also missed the weekend clash against Spurs.
“I don’t know,” Rangnick said of Fernandes. “With Scotty, I hope so but he had some muscular problems with his calf. That’s why we decided not to play him today, because Scotty is quite like Fred, he is only valuable if he can perform with 100% of his physical capacity and rather than playing him at maybe 80% and take the risk that he will be out for Tuesday, we decided to not play him.
“Luke hopefully will be back in training tomorrow and Bruno we will have to wait and see until Tuesday. This will probably be a last-minute race with him,” said Rangnick.
“We have to be careful with Covid tests. David was the same. David yesterday was out, he was not supposed to play but then it turned out that his first fast test was false. He took another one or two quick tests then a PCR test and that was negative. I only decided this morning that he was going to play,” said Rangnick.
