MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has recovered from an ankle damage forward of schedule in a lift to the Premier League membership’s hopes of a top-four end.

The Denmark worldwide has been sidelined since late January however will swimsuit up Saturday when United hosts Everton, supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned Friday.

Eriksen had turn out to be a key determine underneath Ten Hag, making 31 appearances in complete this season earlier than sustaining the damage after a sort out from Andy Carroll throughout an FA Cup victory over second-division Reading.

“The good news is Christian Eriksen is back in training and he will be back tomorrow in the squad,” Ten Hag mentioned at a information convention forward of Everton’s go to to Old Trafford.

“It was not for nothing that I was so angry about that tackle. We feared that we lost him for the whole season. It was a really bad tackle and it was really also a bad injury he had. But he’s a little bit ahead of schedule so we are very happy with that.”

Fourth-place United is tied on factors with Newcastle, which has a superior purpose differential, and is three factors forward of fifth-place Tottenham.

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