Revealed: How Man Utd are trying to see positive side of Leny Yoro's pre-season injury with £52m signing not expected to make debut until November

Manchester United are trying to see the positive side of Leny Yoro's three-month injury lay off, it has been revealed.

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• French teenager ruled out for three months
• United hope he can settle more easily
• PSG were wary of defender's frailty

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The French teenager signed for United in an eye-catching £52m ($66m) move from Lille but disaster struck in only his second game for the Red Devils. He broke his metatarsal in the pre-season friendly defeat by Arsenal in Los Angeles, ruling him out for three months.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  While the injury to the club's biggest signing of the summer is far from ideal, insiders are hoping the time out of action will help him settle in Manchester and adapt to life at United, according to . There is also hope that he will be 'fully up to speed' when he returns in November and gets ready to make his Premier League debut.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Yoro is thought to have injured his foot in an innocuous tangle with Gabriel Jesus. The club are not citing the condition of the SoFi stadium pitch as a factor for the injury. However, it has been revealed that Paris Saint-Germain had concerns about Yoro's vulnerability to injury and that was why they pulled out of a potential move for the defender.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MAN UTD?

  United finish their USA tour against Liverpool on Saturday in South Carolina. In the mean time, the club are hoping to sign two more defenders before the season starts. The Red Devils have reportedly made opening bids for Bayern Munich duo Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.