Sports News | Man United Defender Telles out Until September with Injury
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Manchester United defender Alex Telles is expected to miss the start of the Premier League season due to an ankle injury, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.
Manchester, Jul 28 (AP) Manchester United defender Alex Telles is expected to miss the start of the Premier League season due to an ankle injury, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.
The 28-year-old Brazilian likely won't return until September, meaning he'd miss the first three games of the season.
"Unfortunately, it's worse news on Alex Telles than we hoped for," Solskjaer told club media on Tuesday.
"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 earlier had been more optimistic after the full-back was injured during pre-season training last week.
United opens its season by hosting Leeds on August 14 then visits Southampton eight days later and is at Wolverhampton on August 29.
United plays newly promoted Brentford on Wednesday at Old Trafford for a pre-season friendly. The team said it expects a crowd of 30,000 for the game. AP
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