Manchester United icon Paul Scholes aims dig at two players as Raphael Varane delivers injury boost

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Monday, October 3.

Raphael Varane's ankle injury is not expected to keep the Manchester United defender sidelined for a long-term period.

Varane sustained the injury in the first-half of United's 6-3 hammering by City with the scoreline only 1-0. Varane was then off the pitch for the corner Erling Haaland scored from as he had received treatment.

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The 29-year-old limped off in the 40th minute with United 3-0 down but did not go straight down the tunnel. Sources have described Varane's injury as "not bad" but the club are cautious after the Frenchman's injury-blighted first season.

Varane drove himself into United's Carrington training complex on Monday and manager Erik ten Hag will clarify on Wednesday if he is available to travel to Cyprus for the Europa League group stage game against Omonia Nicosia on Thursday.

Read the full story from Samuel Luckhurst here.

Paul Scholes has seemingly criticised Jadon Sancho and Antony on social media after Manchester United's defeat this weekend.

Manchester City beat United 6-3 on Sunday afternoon with hat-tricks from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden. United conceded four goals in the first half of the match and that put the game beyond them, despite a spirited second-half display. Antony scored in the second half while Antony Martial netted a brace but those goals were nothing but mere consolations.

The inquest into another embarrassing Manchester derby defeat has begun and attention has been drawn to how City exploited United in wide areas, with Sancho and Antony receiving criticism for their lack of defensive work rate from the wing.

Scholes seemingly took a