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With the length of Manchester United's injury list decreasing, the selection dilemmas Erik ten Hag is facing are becoming all the more frequent.

Following the returns of Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund to the matchday squad against Crystal Palace on Saturday, United's injury list now stands at just four players, making it the shortest it has been for some time.

As big a positive as that is for Ten Hag, it does make the challenge of choosing his starting XI all the more complicated. Nevertheless, it is a puzzle he will only be too happy to have. READ MORE: United suffer new Luke Shaw setback READ MORE: Erik ten Hag is two players short of his dream United scenario Ahead of tonight's Europa League opener against FC Twente at Old Trafford, it could be argued that only the defence will pick itself.

Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez have formed a solid bond in the heart of the back-four and Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot are currently the only senior full-backs available.

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