Yet more injury problems for Man Utd! Rasmus Hojlund and Christian Eriksen forced to withdraw from Denmark squad

Both of the Danish stars had to be substituted during United’s 1-0 Premier League win over Luton. Eriksen picked up a knee problem when falling awkwardly in the first-half of that contest, while Hojlund was replaced late on as he struggled with a hamstring complaint.

The Danish FA has now confirmed that both men will play no part in upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Slovenia and Northern Ireland. A statement read: “Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund have both been injured and unfortunately have to cancel the upcoming games. National coach Kasper Hjulmand has instead selected Jesper Lindstrom and Jens Stryger Larsen for the decisive qualifying matches. We wish a very good recovery for the United duo.”

United boss Erik ten Hag had told reporters when asked about the severity of the injuries suffered by Eriksen and Hojlund: “We do an assessment and we have to wait 24 hours for the conclusion. So we’ll give the medical team 24 hours to see what the problem is, if there is a problem. You don’t want to miss any player. That is our season at this moment – we have so many injuries. But, therefore, you have a squad. We have talked about it many times. But, of course, the routine levels are dropping down, the routine levels in the team, in the way of playing. But, hopefully, players are coming back and those new injuries are not too bad.”

United are already without injured stars Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Tyrell Malacia, Jonny Evans and Amad Diallo, while England international winger Jadon Sancho has been frozen out of the first-team picture at Old Trafford.