Centre-backs Victor Lindelof (hamstring) and Lisandro Martinez (calf) have been ruled out for a month and Martinez, who has appeared in only 11 of United’s 41 matches this season, suffered the setback in training on Tuesday.
Casemiro, who never had a muscular injury during his eight-year career at Real Madrid, is believed to have partly blamed the intensity of United’s training sessions on his hamstring problems this season.
The 32-year-old was sidelined for twoand-a-half months with a hamstring injury and a recurrence of the issue caused him to miss the FA Cup quarterfinal victory over Liverpool last month.
players to miss games this season and they will be without an entire back four for the Premier League fixture away to Chelsea on Thursday night.
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