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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sets Eric Bailly return date ahead of Wolves clash


Bailly is on the comeback trail (Picture: Getty)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggested that Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly could be fit to make his long-awaited return against Premier League leaders Liverpool this weekend.

The Ivory Coast international has not featured for the club this season due to a knee injury picked up in pre-season but made a return to action for the Under-23s in a 2-1 win over Newcastle.

He came through 60 minutes unscathed and is closing in on a first-team return, although Wednesday night’s FA Cup replay with Wolverhampton Wanderers will come too soon.

Solskjaer discussed Bailly’s fitness (Picture: Getty)

However, he could be in line to feature against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool on Sunday, if he proves his fitness in another reserves game on Tuesday.

‘He’s very close, might be back for the weekend, got a game arranged today for the reserves, hopefully get 90 mins so might be ready for Liverpool,’ said Solskjaer.

‘Probably similar squad to what we were this weekend against Norwich. Eric (Bailly) playing today so he is close to full fitness but still a few days early this one.’

Solskjaer is expected to name a strong line-up for the clash with Premier League rivals Wolves as they look to book a spot in the fourth round against either Watford or Tranmere.

‘We’ve played them so many times so we’re gonna be facing a team that know more or less everything about us, we’ve got them in a couple of weeks in the league,’ he added.

‘We played a decent first half last week, second half was disappointing, but at home we wanna make sure we go through, this tournament is one we dream about winning when we are young, loved my time in finals and winning trophies so we wanna go through.’

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