TA: Manchester United believes that Sheshko’s injury is not serious and will remain at the base for evaluation by Manchester United’s team doctors.

Sports 3:47am, 11 November 2025 193

According to British media TA, Manchester United believes that Sheshko's injury is not serious.

In Saturday's away game against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United forward Benjamin Sheszko injured his left knee and has withdrawn from the Slovenia national team training session.

Sheshko will remain at the Carrington base and undergo ongoing evaluation by Manchester United's medical team, but the striker's injury is not expected to be serious. After the club completes further inspections, the exact extent of the injury will become clear before Manchester United's league game against Everton on November 24.

At the same time, Manchester United has approved Lisandro Martinez to travel to Spain this week to train with the Argentine national team. The central defender is in the recovery period since an anterior cruciate ligament injury in February. Lima will not participate in Argentina's friendly match against Angola on November 14 and will be accompanied by members of Manchester United's fitness team during the national team training.

Sheshko limped off the field at the end of the second half in Manchester United's 2-2 draw with Tottenham. He has played 11 Premier League games for Manchester United since joining from Leipzig this summer for an initial transfer fee of 76.5 million euros (£66.4 million).

His absence is a blow to Slovenia's World Cup qualifying campaign - the team will face Kosovo and Sweden in its final two group matches in the next two weeks and is competing for play-off qualification. Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim said after the game: "We need him to improve the team's strength. He has some discomfort in his knee, and the specific situation needs to be observed."

If the Slovenia international is seriously injured, it will be a major blow to Amorim - since the African Cup of Nations will be held from December 21 to January 18 of the following year, attackers Amade (Ivory Coast) and Brian Mbeumo (Cameroon) will be absent. During the competition cycle, Manchester United will face six rounds of the Premier League (against Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Wolves, Leeds United, Burnley, Manchester City) and an FA Cup third round match.

Such a timetable has led Amorim to hint at the possibility of taking action in the January transfer window. "We have long known that many players will be absent due to the schedule, and the rhythm of one game every week makes personnel deployment difficult, " he said after the draw with Tottenham. "Let us wait for the winter window to open to see if we can strengthen the lineup. Before that, we must make use of the existing resources. "

Since his transfer this summer, Sheshko has played 12 times for Manchester United, contributing 2 goals and 1 assist.