Premier League news: United’s Baleba out for weeks, Maresca backs Donnarumma

Carrick says it is possible to restore former glory at Old Trafford with time and Unai Emery confirms Aston Villa contract talks Michael Carrick has revealed Carlos Baleba will be out for weeks with the hamstring injury the Manchester United midfielder sustained in Tuesday’s 3-2 victory over Roma. Baleba’s absence is a considerable blow to Carrick as he attempts to turn around United’s form and results. The 22-year-old Cameroonian was signed from Brighton in the summer for £70m and had made a promising start. But before Tuesday’s injury he had managed only seven appearances, the first on 10 October after recovering from an ankle problem he had when he joined. “It’ll be a number of weeks,” Carrick said.

“It’s definitely not this week and it won’t be any time over the international break [which starts on Monday]. It’ll be a little bit longer than that. Carrick also gave an update on Patrick Dorgu, who has been unavailable since sustaining a hamstring problem with Denmark during the last international break. “He trained with us at the start of the week, so we’ve got to be patient with Pat,” said Carrick. “He’s had a good period of time now with a couple of hamstrings that we need to manage. But he’s slowly getting back with us, so we’ll have to see whether