Man Utd confirm two returning stars available to face Nottingham Forest | OneFootball

Ruben Amorim has confirmed that Manchester United will have centre-backs Leny Yoro and Harry Maguire back in the squad to face Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night.

A foot injury suffered against Arsenal earlier this month ruled Yoro out of subsequent wins over Real Sociedad and Leicester City prior to the international break. But the French teenager returned to training last Friday and is in contention for the Forest trip.

He proceeded to tell MUTV that he was feeling "really good" and experiencing "no pain".

With Amorim going through team news ahead of the game, he detailed all those that cannot yet play, as well as giving the go-ahead to Yoro and Maguire.

"Luke [Shaw] is not ready yet. We are starting doing some drills with the team," the head coach said, off the back of the full-back's own return to training.

"Mason [Mount] is feeling better, he was already on the bench in the last game. I think Kobbie [Mainoo] is almost returning also but not ready for this game. Jonny Evans is recovering, Ayden [Heaven] is recovering," Amorim added.

Leny Yoro has missed two recent games / Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/GettyImages

"Who else? Licha [Martinez] is out. Maguire is ready to go to the game. Yoro, yes."

Maguire missed the Arsenal and Leicester games, as well as both legs of the Real Sociedad tie with a calf problem. When fit, both he and Yoro had become regular starters in Amorim's preferred back three alongside summer signing Matthijs de Ligt.

In their absences, Heaven was given a chance before his own injury setback, with Victor Lindelof recalled and Noussair Mazraoui also utilised as an auxiliary centre-back.

Against Forest this week, United have Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu available for a domestic game for the first time since February, but Chido Obi is with the Under-18 squad for this week's FA Youth Cup semi-final against Aston Villa – the Dane has scored seven times in three games in the competition.