Matthijs de Ligt back at Carrington as he continues his road to recovery

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12 July 2026

Manchester United

have begun pre-season preparations with all the senior stars who failed to make it to the World Cup currently at Carrington.

That includes

Matthijs de Ligt

, who

missed the second half of last season

due to a back injury.

With a Netherlands team call-up not forthcoming, the 26-year-old decided to

go under the knife

, which means he will miss a good chunk of the initial stages of the upcoming season.

The

Dutchman

has yet to feature under Michael Carrick but he seems determined to make up for lost time, with the centre-back

focusing heavily on his rehabilitation

According to

The Manchester Evening News

, the

former Bayern Munich ace

is currently at United’s newly revamped training complex and is going through an individual program.

“There was no sign of

in the pictures United released of players returning to pre-season training on Thursday, but the centre-back is back at Carrington and is following an individual program as he continues to recover from back surgery.

“The 26-year-old has done work abroad since undergoing surgery in May, but he has also been at Carrington during the summer to keep his fitness work going.”

The Red Devils are happy with the pace of De Ligt’s recuperation and feel the worst is behind the defender.

“There is confidence that his back issue is behind him after surgery,” the

MEN

report further added.

While all the focus is on strengthening the midfield, Carrick will be well aware that his backline could be exposed if there is one more injury.

It was surprising to note that INEOS

do not have any plans

to add numbers to the backline given the

poor injury records

of Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire.

The 20-time English league champions will hope none of them suffer an issue before

returns to action.

Feature image Michael Regan via Getty Images

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