Lukaku return date unknown, Ibrahimovic out for a month

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Dec 31, 2017 11:35 AM

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be absent from first-team football for a month due to a knee problem while he's in the dark over the exact return date for Romelu Lukaku.

Lukaku was taken off on a stretcher in the first half of Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday following a clash of head

with Wesley Hoedt. The injury prompted six minutes of stoppage time at the end of the half.

The medical staff have been assessing the extent of the problem and it is hoped it will not be too serious but Mourinho in his post-match briefing confirmed the big money arrival from Everton last summer will could

be out for up to two games.

When quizzed about a timescale on the summer signing's return, Mourinho said: "I don’t know. I know that normally bad, bad news arrives immediately. Bad news didn't arrive. I think that there’s a problem for the next two matches. For sure.

"He was just unlucky. I think the Dutch central defender goes with him for the ball and it's unlucky for Romelu and unlucky for Hoedt. It was nothing aggressive and, hopefully, nothing important. But the first consequence of is he didn't play for the rest of the game." Mourinho told