Man Utd triple injury update drops with Michael Carrick delighted over star's return

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Michael Carrick expressed his delight that Mason Mount should be available for selection for Sunday's clash between Manchester United and Aston Villa . However, it remains to be seen how big a role the attacking-midfielder will play.

The Englishman has missed each of United's last five Premier League outings as a result of an unspecified injury picked up in training following January's Manchester Derby . However, Carrick has since revealed that Mount has returned to training and should be fit to take part against the Villans.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday, the 44-year-old said of Mount: "Mason is back with the group, which is fantastic. He's an important player for us, Mason, and to have him back and involved is a good step for us.

"He is not 100 per cent in terms of back, because he's only trained a very small amount of time, but he's back and that's good for us so we'll see whether he's involved or not on Sunday, but it's a big step for him so we're happy with that."

However, Carrick did say that "that's it in terms of players coming back for now," seemingly ruling out any participation from Matthijs de Ligt or Lisandro Martinez . Martinez has been missing from United's first-team for the last three matches with a calf injury, and it appears as though Sunday's match has landed a little too soon.

De Ligt, meanwhile, has been sidelined since late November with a back injury. It is unknown as to when he will return to action.

It comes as the Red Devils suffered their first league defeat under Carrick's stewardship last week, as they were handed a bitter 2-1 loss to Newcastle United at St James' Park. However, the head coach will look to bounce back instantly when United face Villa come Sunday.

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He said: "It's always about what's next, what you're going to react, whether you've won, whether or not you've drawn, what's going to be the reaction, what's the group, what are the emotions in it, how do we make the best of it, what is the motivation for the next game and driving that forward.

"I understand with it being the first defeat, if you like, it feels a little bit different but it's going to come at some point. You look through the league, it's a tough league.

"Most teams if not every team has suffered that in recent times so it's putting things in perspective really and kind of putting it in shape where we know where we can improve, what we can do better.

"We're taking a lot of confidence from as a group what we can and what we show we can achieve and how we can play so it has been a really good week in many ways and excited.

"It's an important game, there's no getting away from it, it is. There's an awful lot to play for, so I'm fully embracing the situation at the moment and looking forward to the next game."

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