Man United ship constructive harm replace on £52m signing Leny Yoro
- Leny Yoro picked up an injury just 10 days into his Manchester United career
- The defender, 18, arrived at Old Trafford for £52million from Lille in the summer
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Manchester United‘s £52million summer signing Leny Yoro has returned to training on the grass at Carrington for the first time since fracturing a metatarsal against Arsenal in pre-season.
Yoro was injured half an hour into the game against the Gunners at the SoFi Stadium in July, just 10 days after completing his move from Lille in time to make his debut against Rangers and join United’s summer tour of the US.
The Frenchman was ruled out for approximately three months after surgery, and United gave an update on his rehab on Monday.
The club posted a video of Yoro starting an individual training programme outdoors at Carrington, and say that he will managed carefully so he can rejoin the main group in the next few weeks. The video also showed the 18-year-old performing a series of exercises in the gym.
The club said: ‘Our No 15 has now progressed to the next phase in the process.
Manchester United ‘s £52m signing Leny Yoro (right) has returned to training at Carrington
The Red Devils star has yet to make his competitive debut since signing from Lille this summer
Yoro was injured half an hour into the pre-season game against Arsenal at the SoFi Stadium in July, just 10 days after completing his summer move to Old Trafford from the Ligue 1 club
‘There is plenty of work still to do for the centre-back and he will begin the transition to group training when he is ready.
‘A competitive debut for the Reds is not imminent, but it’s really positive to see our summer signing reach this stage of his recovery.’
