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"You're joking?" you exclaim in your best Bristol accent. "Not another one! For god sake, honestly, I can't stand this." But it's not a general election you're stunned into disbelief over but yet another injury for Manchester United.

Just as the injury crisis that decimated United in the first part of the season and led to a dreadful start looked to finally be easing, yet another star has succumbed. This time Casemiro.

The club has confirmed the midfielder has remained in Brazil to recover from a 'small issue' sustained while playing for the national team, even though he was able to play a full 90 minutes for his country on Tuesday after going off injured the preceding Friday. As a result, Casemiro will miss Saturday's return to action at Sheffield United.

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It's a match against lowly opposition United simply has to win in order to build upon the galvanising comeback against Brentford and finally get the campaign going. Otherwise, the win would have counted for little if it didn't bring an end to the chaos and negativity.

But the match has all the makings of a United slip-up. It's going to be a raucous atmosphere under the floodlights at Bramall Lane on Saturday night as the Blades desperately search for their first win, with storm Babet promising to make conditions prime for a giant killing. You can picture it now, Erik ten Hag looking on forlorn from the dugout, hood pulled up in a losing battle against the cutting rain as Manchester City loanee James McAtee gives the home side the lead in the 83rd minute.

So to lose yet another player to injury is not ideal in the slightest but, in the case of Casemiro, it