Matthijs de Ligt - back

Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt (26) has been sidelined since early December 2025 due to a minor, unspecified injury picked up during training. This issue forced him to miss United's 1-1 Premier League draw against West Ham United on December 4 and their subsequent 4-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on December 8, 2025. Initially, manager Rúben Amorim described it as a "small thing" and expressed optimism that De Ligt could return for the Wolves match, but he ultimately remained absent.As of December 10, 2025, there is no confirmed return date.

🎙️|Ruben Amorim: "I don't know. I don't know. Sometimes you have an idea, but then you have to see there by day. So I'm not going to say that when he's going to be back." (Source: Manchester United)

Update Friday 12 December 2025

🎙️|Ruben Amorim: "I think he has something in his back, I don’t know for sure," he said...."Sometimes you see it’s not a big injury because he finished the game quite well against Crystal Palace, but he has some pain...."You sometimes think it will be solved during this week, but sometimes he feels a little bit of pain and we have to be a little careful with that." (Source: Manchester United)

Update Friday 16 January 2025

🎙️|Ruben Amorim: ¨Matthijs has been carrying a bit of an issue, but hopefully, we'll get him back in some time soon. It's been a little bit slower than what they thought previously.¨ (Source: Manchester United)

Update Friday 23 January 2026

🎙️|Ruben Amorim: ¨Yeah, he had a bit of a setback initially, before I arrived... I think it's just a little bit slower than we'd hoped, but he's certainly getting closer. And hopefully, in the next couple of weeks or so [he'll be back], without putting the exact time.¨(Source: Manchester United)