Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt spent last week at the club's Carrington training ground having treatment and doing rehab work on his back injury
"Licha back in the squad. Harry's new contract. Good day to be a centre-half" - so crowed the Manchester United Instagram account last Tuesday lunchtime.
Try telling that to Matthijs de Ligt.
Unlike Lisandro 'Licha' Martinez and Harry Maguire, and Leny Yoro and Ayden Heaven for that matter, De Ligt did not spend the week in the plush surroundings of the Carton House Hotel in Maynooth, 20 miles outside Dublin.
While most United players were having a getaway, De Ligt was back in Manchester, keeping himself in shape for the point, as yet undetermined, when he gets the green light to start playing again.
