Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester
United great Wayne Rooney will be a threat in Thursday’s FA Cup clash
against Championship side Derby.
Rooney, United and England’s all-time top scorer, will line up against the club where he enjoyed so much success when lining up for the Rams at Pride Park.
Rooney
joined the second-tier side as player-coach after a stint in the United
States with DC United and former teammate Solskjaer is wary of the
34-year-old’s threat in the fifth-round clash.
TottenhamHugo Lloris missed the Wolves defeat on Sunday with a groin injury, with Paulo Gazzaniga in line to keep his spot between the sticks.
Harry Kane, Moussa Sissoko, Son Heung-Min and Juan Foyth all miss the welcome of Norwich, but Ryan Sessegnon is back in full training.
Erik Lamela failed to make the bench at the weekend, but Jose Mourinho has admitted the Argentine could start here, while Troy Parrott, Tanguy Ndombele and Gedson Fernandes are among those pushing for starts.
Out-of-form Leicester City will be looking to get their season back on track when they welcome Birmingham City to the King Power Stadium for Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie.
The Foxes are winless in five matches ahead of the midweek visit of Midlands rivals Birmingham, who have drawn four in a row to make it 13 without defeat in all competitions.
Steven Gerrard moved Tuesday to quell
speculation about his future as manager of Rangers following last
weekend’s Scottish Cup defeat by Hearts by insisting he was “ready to go
again”.
After the 1-0 loss at Tynecastle on Saturday, a downbeat
Gerrard said it was “the lowest I felt since I came into the job by a
long way”.
The Liverpool great also said “I just need to think”, with Rangers facing the prospect of another season without a trophy.
West Bromwich Albion 4-3-3
Chelsea
Jorginho is available to face Liverpool on Tuesday night, as Premier League suspensions triggered by accumulated yellow cards do not apply to domestic cups. He will start here as a result.
Frank Lampard looks set to be without Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham and Callum Hudson-Odoi for the welcome of Liverpool on Tuesday night.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek is expected to make his long-awaited return from injury on Tuesday night but likely from the bench.
Kepa has been demoted as Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper in league and Europe but should get a chance to impress here.
Antonio Rudiger was dropped against Bournemouth and will hope to return here.
Kayserispor
Alpay Celebi, Hakan Arikan, Ziya Alkurt, Hasan Husyein Acar, Anthony Uzodimma and Levent Gulen, none of whom were expected to start, are sidelined with injury.
Middlesbrough
George Friend and Ashley Fletcher both suffered hamstring injuries against Leeds and will miss this match.
Lukas Nmecha and Britt Assombalonga are the men likely to replace them in the starting XI.
Portsmouth
Kenny Jackett is sweating on the fitness of Ronan Curtis and Tom Naylor, who both sustained knocks against Rochdale, but should be fit to start here.
The Portsmouth boss could name the same XI that started on Friday night with Christian Burgess suspended for Pompey’s next league match.
Steve Seddon impressed off the bench on Friday and is pushing for a start.
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Hoffenheim
Munas Dabbur has suffered a knee injury and may not play again this season.
Dennis Geiger is on his way back from a thigh injury, while Andrej Kramaric is struggling to shake off a nagging groin problem.
Ihlas Bebou is suffering with knee pain, whille Sargis Adamyan faces an operation on his ankle.
Jacob Bruun Larsen joined from Borussia Dortmund and could get a start in attack.
Ishak Belfodil had a knee operation and is unlikely to play again this season according to coach Alfred Schreuder.