Marcel Sabitzer was the signing Erik ten Hag needed when disaster struck for Manchester United.
However, coming up 10 weeks from his whirlwind Old Trafford arrival, the Austria midfielder has not actually yet been utilised for his main purpose. United now have a final chance to do so and his longer-term future will, as such, be shaped over the forthcoming days.
Rewind to late January and - with an unprecedented quadruple in sight - Reading striker Andy Carroll almost single-handedly dented their aspirations. Casemiro escaped one reckless challenge from the former Liverpool man, but Christian Eriksen was not quite so lucky.
