Palace boss Oliver Glasner, meanwhile, has confirmed that captain Marc Guehi will be fit to face United on Sunday. The centre-back was withdrawn at the break in Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Strasbourg, but the Austrian insists that Guehi will start against United this weekend.
“Marc was just planned before because he couldn’t train for two-and-a-half weeks,” explained Glasner. “He had the 90 minutes last week [in the win at Wolves] and, of course, he should play and will play against Manchester United. That’s why we had to manage the minutes, so no issues with Marc.”
Borna Sosa will sit out the game but Will Hughes, who was withdrawn after just half an hour in midweek, should be fine to feature. “Borna will miss this game again,” Glasner continued. “Will just overstretched his knee. Let’s see. We will assess him but it doesn’t look that bad.
“Will doesn’t look so bad so we’re very hopeful that he’ll be in the matchday squad. All the others are fine. Of course, we came back late but we already watched Man United in preparation and that’s the rhythm we are in now until the middle of January.”