Geyse to return to Manchester United women’s squad against Tottenham Hotspur | OneFootball

Manchester United manager Marc Skinner is hopeful that Geyse will be available for selection this weekend after coming back from illness.

In his press conference ahead of the WSL game against Tottenham Hotspur, Skinner said: “Geyse trained earlier in the week, so I think she had a 24/48-hour [bug].”

However, Jayde Riviere will still be sidelined after getting injured against Brighton at home back in February.

“Jayde is going to be missing for this game, she is still progressing, hopefully coming back towards the end of the season,” Skinner confirmed.

Meanwhile, the manager confirmed that Jess Simpson, Emma Watson and Gabby George, who all suffered ACL injuries at the start of the season, will not return until pre-season.

“It’s such a devastating injury if you get it wrong and I’m not somebody that short changes or cuts corners on the rehab of that. So the players need to recover properly even if that’s longer than they want and they would want to be back.”

Speaking of the injuries his side has suffered this season, Skinner said they had had a big bearing on his team’s progress.

“These are players that will have a huge impact in kind of how we want to play. What I can stress is that we are looking to add players in that will make us better, I have no doubt about that.”

This weekend’s fixture is almost a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final, where these two sides will meet at Wembley.

“Beating Chelsea – that’s been something we’ve had to get off our back. We had to win it and we had to do it a different way. But there’s another game to go [in the FA Cup], to underestimate Tottenham in a final would be a sin.”

“I always respect every opponent we play. We prepare to go around their strengths, around their weaknesses. I think the difference with Tottenham this year is that, Robert [Vilahamn’]s been able to get a run of those moments where you win a game and all of a sudden you get that confidence and you get into a flow state. I think what you have to do as a coach playing against that is try and disrupt that flow.”

United will host Spurs at Leigh Sports Village at midday on Sunday.