AS MAN UNITED'S INJURY CONCERNS GROW,

BRUNO FERNANDES IS SPOTTED WEARING A PROTECTIVE BOOT AND A PAIR OF CROCS.

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DURING UNITED'S FA CUP SEMIFINAL TRIUMPH OVER BRIGHTON AT WEMBLEY, FERNANDES PICKED UP A KNOCK.

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ACCORDING TO SOURCES QUOTED BY ESPN, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REPLACING FERNANDES ON THE BENCH BOTH WHEN HE WAS INJURED AND AT HALFTIME.

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BUT HE WAS ADAMANT THAT HE GO ON. EVENTUALLY, IN THE FIRST PERIOD OF EXTRA TIME, HE WAS SUBSTITUTED.

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ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT WEARING A PROTECTIVE BOOT, THE PORTUGAL MIDFIELDER WAS HOBBLING AS HE EXITED WEMBLEY STADIUM AFTER THE GAME.

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CRUTCHES AND AN ARMOR-PROTECTING BOOT ARE PLACED NEXT TO FERNANDES.

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ACCORDING TO THE IMAGE, THE 28-YEAR-OLD WILL NOT PLAY AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM.

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RAPHAEL VARANE AND LISANDRO MARTINEZ, TWO KEY PLAYERS FOR THE UNITED MANAGER'S SQUAD, WERE GONE.

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THEREAFTER, INDIVIDUALS LIKE LUKE SHAW, TYRELL MALACIA, AND MARCEL SABITZER HAD MINOR PHYSICAL SETBACKS.

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CRISTIAN STELLINI IS FIRED BY TOTTENHAM.

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