David de Gea returns to England ahead of Manchester United fixture with West Ham

David de Gea has returned to England following the start of his daughter however might nonetheless be unavailable for Manchester United‘s Premier league go to of West Ham on Sunday.

The Manchester Night Information revealed final week De Gea had been granted permission to fly to Madrid for the start of his firstborn, Yanay, and that Dean Henderson was advised to prepare for the possibility of starting in six successive games.

Henderson, 23, lined up for the third recreation operating in opposition to AC Milan within the Europa League however was culpable for Simon Kjaer’s stoppage-time equaliser in United’s 1-1 draw.

De Gea, 30, is self-isolating as a result of he left United’s coaching bubble and has to quarantine for a minimum of 5 days earlier than he’s allowed to have a Covid-19 check. If De Gea’s check is unfavourable then he can cease isolating and be accessible for choice.

West Ham is United’s final league recreation this month as they journey to Milan for his or her Europa League round-of-16 second leg and Leicester Metropolis within the FA Cup quarter-finals subsequent week. Henderson has began in all six Europa League and FA Cup ties thus far this season.

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“Yeah, he’s again in Manchester,” Solskjaer mentioned of De Gea. “He’s self-isolating. He’s simply contact and go for Sunday, I believe. I can’t actually know when he got here again so I’m not actually positive if it was Monday or Tuesday.

“I believe the principles are he has to remain at house. He’s not coaching with us, anyway. It’s completely different when you journey away and compete so no he has not been coaching since he got here again.”

De Gea has solely sat out two league video games this season, when he didn’t journey to West Ham in December and was rested at Sheffield United two weeks later. Henderson has began 15 instances for United.