Ahead of United's visit to Bournemouth, the interim boss spoke about injury news, his skipper Bruno Fernandes and potentially winning player of the season award as well as what will be a tough game on the South Coast.

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Michael Carrick says that all of De Ligt, Martinez and Dorgu will be unavailble for the trip to Bournemouth. While Mazraoui missed today's training, that was through illness but should be ready for Friday's match. Mount was back in the squad for the win over Villa but like that match, the bench is where he'll be as starting is not an option at the moment.

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On the influential captain, Carrick says that Bruno Fernandes is "right up there" in terms of being in contention for Premier League player of the season. The interim finds that Bruno's form says a lot about what's going on at United and with the skipper's form. "I'd love to see him take the award."

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United's interim manager believes that going to Bournemouth will be a tough game despite his players being in good form.

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Final Thoughts

This was a waste of a press conference. There was even a question about Maguire, Mainoo and Shaw's chances of playing for England at the World Cup. What's that got to do with where we are in terms of the league?

The injury update is the same as it has been for weeks.

And when it comes to Bruno, we know how influential he's been for us since he arrived six years ago.

This season, he's been next level - which is saying something for him considering all he's done - but what I like about him this campaign is that he's been a lot more controlled in his play. The chaos is still there, but it's a lot rarer. This has allowed him to maintain the high levels of creativity, get the assists he has whilst being very measured in his style.

We don't see those Hollywood balls too often these days.

In terms of him winning player of the season, here's what I had to say about that.

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Michael Carrick | Image: Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images - Manchester Evening News