Injury blow sees Harry Maguire miss Man United's clash with Tottenham after he picked up a knock in training

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Harry Maguire was ruled unfit to play for Man United against Spurs on Sunday
The defender had featured in seven of United's first eight games this season
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By Robert Summerscales

Published: 15:45 BST, 29 September 2024 | Updated: 15:54 BST, 29 September 2024

Harry Maguire has been left out of Manchester United's squad to face Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.

The 31-year-old defender had featured in seven of United's first eight games of the season in all competitions.

However, Maguire suffered a knock in training and was therefore unavailable to manager Erik ten Hag on Sunday.

Maguire still arrived at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon despite not being fit to play.

Ten Hag selected Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez as his starting centre backs, while Victor Lindelof was on the bench for the first time this season.

Harry Maguire pictured arrived at Old Trafford despite being unavailable to face Tottenham

Maguire had featured in seven of United's first eight games so far this season prior to Sunday

Spurs came to Old Trafford with a significant injury absentee of their own after captain Son Heung-min picked up a suspected hamstring issue during Thursday's 3-0 win over Qarabag in the Europa League.

Son was replaced in Tottenham's starting XI by Timo Werner, who was part of a three-man attack with Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou also named an attack-minded minded midfield three of Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur and James Maddison.

Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte started at the base of the United midfield.