Paul Pogba and Phil Jones board plane for Spain to hand Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho injury boost
The Red Devils' key to next season's Champions League lies in this secondary competition, where they face Celta Vigo
MANCHESTER UNITED'S players were in relaxed mood as they boarded their flight to Spain today as their Europa League adventure continues.
Boss Jose Mourinho, David De Gea, Ashley Young and the rest of the first-team squad boarded their plane at Manchester Airport, bound for Vigo.
Also pictured boarding the aircraft were Paul Pogba and Phil Jones.
Both players have missed games through injury, but they took part in training this morning and could even play a part in the semi-final of the European competition tomorrow night (Thursday).
It will be all hands to the pump for United, who have been hit by a crippling fitness crisis after Eric Bailly and Luke Shaw became the latest players to be struck down by injury.
Shaw’s season looks to be over after scans revealed he has suffered ligament damagein his foot, while United are still waiting to discover the extent of Bailly’s problem.
Mourinho’s side are already without Marcos Rojo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic with long-term injuries while Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Chris Smalling are still on the treatment table.
That has left the United boss with a major selection problem as he prepares his team for their Europa League trip to Celta Vigo on Thursday.
But as the players reported back for training after enjoying a day off yesterday, there was the welcome sight of Pogba and Jones reporting for duty.
But with United's recent wretched luck with injury, Mourinho will be praying serious cramp doesn't set in on the two-hour flight to the Spanish City.