Manchester United have a forgotten weapon to unleash in Europa League challenge

By the time Manchester United take to the field at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon in just under four weeks, Ruben Amorim will hope to have a much stronger squad available to pick from.

United reached the Europa League quarter-finals with six of their 10 substitutes still yet to make their debuts for the club, while Ayden Heaven was making his first start in professional football - not that you would have known it.

Amorim is still without 10 players through injury, but with a gap coming up before that last-eight showdown with Lyon, he will expect to have a few back for another crucial Thursday night assignment.

Lisandro Martinez and Amad are out for the rest of the season and Luke Shaw is still working his way back to fitness, but Leny Yoro should be back after the international break, and Kobbie Mainoo will hope to be closer to action then as well.

The first faces to return could come as soon as Sunday night, with Harry Maguire and Mason Mount both potentially available for the trip to the King Power Stadium. While Maguire has only missed a couple of weeks it's been another long spell on the sidelines for £60million midfielder Mount.

He was last seen limping off at the Etihad early in United's mid-December derby win against Manchester City, injury ending a sense of momentum he had started to generate under Amorim. Mount won't start against Leicester City, but he could feature off the bench and add to his 33 appearances for the club in almost two seasons.

Amorim's admiration for the 26-year-old remains clear. He was enthused by Mount from his first training sessions at Carrington, and when he was asked about him ahead of this weekend's game, he said: "I really love Mason Mount," adding that "just five minutes of Mason Mount