Manchester United defender Raphael Varane could return for the FA Cup final against Manchester City.
Varane has been sidelined since hobbling out of United’s 2-2 draw with Sevilla in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie on April 13. He has missed three matches so far and had been a doubt to return this season, with only a vague timeline of “a few weeks” given by the club.
The Frenchman is part of Erik ten Hag’s first-choice centre-back pairing with Lisandro Martinez, who has been ruled out for the season after going down injured in the same match. United were forced to field left-back Luke Shaw alongside Victor Lindelof in the FA Cup semi-final win over Brighton on Sunday, but Ten Hag believes Varane could return before the final on June 3.
