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Liam Wood

Victor Lindelof replaces Raphael Varane in Manchester United line-up vs Brighton

Manchester United have been forced into an 11th hour change against Brighton after Raphael Varane was taken ill during the warm-up at Old Trafford.

Originally scheduled to take place in December, the Premier League fixture (8.15pm) had to be rearranged when a Covid-19 outbreak forced United to temporarily shut down operations at their Carrington training base, prompting two games to be cancelled.

Brighton will take on United at Old Trafford tonight and kick-off in that one is fast-approaching.

Interim manager Ralf Rangnick initially made two changes to his line-up following a 1-1 draw with Southampton on Saturday afternoon - with Fred and Anthony Elanga coming in.

Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford were those to make way as they, instead, took their seats on the bench alongside Alex Telles and England forward Jesse Lingard.

Varane was set to continue his centre-back partnership with £80million captain Harry Maguire, but the Frenchman reported that he was feeling unwell as the teams headed out on to the Old Trafford pitch to fine tune preparations before kick-off.

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That means Lindelof has been drafted to start - with back-up goalkeeper Tom Heaton added the bench.

Eric Bailly (ankle), Nemanja Matic (shin) and Edinson Cavani (groin) were ruled out for United during the build-up as they continue their respective comebacks from injury.

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