Manchester United new boy Facundo Pellistri thanks fellow Uruguayan Edinson Cavani for helping him to settle at Old Trafford after his £10m summer move with 19-year-old eyeing a 'dream' first-team debut in 2021

Facundo Pellistri has revealed how Uruguayan compatriot Edinson Cavani is helping him settle in at Manchester United as he sets his sights on a first-team debut. The 19-year-old winger joined United from Penarol in his homeland back in October in a £10million deal and has so far played for the under-23 and under-21 teams. Pellistri is now training with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's senior squad and it seems a matter of time before he makes his debut. 'It's been amazing to train with guys like [Marcus] Rashford, [Paul] Pogba, [Juan] Mata and Edi, who is very close friends with me,' Pellistri told Man United's official website. 'It's amazing for me because I watched them on TV and now I am practising with them. The intensity, the high quality they have, it's great for me to play with them and I improve a lot. 'All the time I speak with Edi and he is a very nice person. He is always trying to be around me, giving me advice and everything that I need. He is there to help me and that is very important for me. I am very happy with that. 'I know he is one of the best players in the world and one of the all-time best players from Uruguay, but he is also a very nice person.'

Though the Covid-19 restrictions have meant Pellistri cannot explore as much of Manchester and England as he would have liked, he is settling in and working on improving his English. Pellistri scored in Premier League 2 fixtures against Southampton and Manchester City for the under-23 side and also for the under-21s against Accrington Stanley in the Papa John's Trophy. He has also been an unused substitute in Solskjaer's squad for two Champions League games - away to Paris Saint-Germain and at home to Istanbul Basaksehir. But Solskjaer has made clear that Pellistri will be given time to adapt to the English game in the reserves before making the step up. 'For me, it's going to be a dream to have a chance in the first team and to fight for a place,' Pellistri said. 'And that Manchester are going to the top. That is my biggest dream. 'Yes, that is what I am working on [making his senior debut] and, hopefully, I am going to have it.'

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FIFA suspend Trippier's 10-week ban freeing England defender for Atletico return

FIFA has suspended Kieran Trippier's 10-week boycott for penetrating wagering rules, liberating the England global to play for his club Atletico Madrid forthcoming allure. The 30-year-old was banished from any football movement by the English Football Association a week ago, precluding him for in any event 13 counterparts for the Spanish class highflyers. FIFA's choice taken late Saturday permits Trippier to re-visitation of play for Diego Simeone's side until the allure is heard at a pivotal time of the period. They are lying second in La Liga, only one point behind Real Madrid however have games close by and can recapture the culmination last Sunday. A week ago the FA prohibited him until February 28 with a £70,000 fine (94,000) subsequent to being seen as blameworthy of chargss encompassing his move from Tottenham to Atletico. Oone of England's champion entertainers in their rush to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals he denied the seven charges. The supposed offenses occurred in July 2019 around the time he finished his exchange from Tottenham to Atletico for an expense in the district of £20million. FIFA's transitory lifting of the suspension forthcoming the allure was started by Atletico who felt it out of line the player would miss a huge lump of Atletico's matches yet none for England. Trippier is presently qualified to show up for Atletico in the primary leg of their Champions League last-16 conflict with Chelsea on February 23. As Atletico arranged their best course of action - "we are thinking about all alternatives" a representative advised AFP - Trippier got back to preparing however isn't for Sunday's excursion to Alaves.

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Liverpool injury news: When Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are due to return

Liverpool have been managed a physical issue emergency at focus back this season, with three of Jurgen Klopp's best option protectors as of now inaccessible. It has been a trying effort so far for Klopp, who has been compelled to utilize adolescents Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams at the core of his safeguard on various events. Fabinho has likewise been utilized as a shoddy place half without Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, who got conceivably season-finishing wounds towards the finish of 2020. Joel Matip has likewise battled with wellness issues of his own all through the mission and is presently set to spend another period uninvolved. So when can Reds fans anticipate that their three harmed focus backs should return?

Virgil van Dijk The greatest blow of Liverpool's season so far came when Van Dijk supported an ACL injury in their 2-2 attract away at Everton September, a difficult which ordinarily needs around a half year of recovery. Klopp says the Dutchman has been gaining empowering ground in his recuperation, which saw him complete an activity bicycle meeting a week ago. Notwithstanding, the Reds supervisor likewise concedes his star safeguard actually has "far to go" before a return date can even be examined.

Joe Gomez In the wake of losing Van Dijk, Klopp was managed another significant misfortune when Gomez cracked his patella ligament while on England obligation two months after the fact. The 23-year-old, who had to go through a medical procedure on the injury, is in a comparable boat to his middle back cooperate with a return date still hazy. In any case, he has likewise been venturing up his recovery at Melwood, posting an image on Instagram that shows him on an activity bicycle with the subtitle: "There's excellence in the battle".

Joel Matip The 29-year-old has endured with niggling issues this season, which means Klopp has regularly been compelled to convey either Williams or Phillips close by Fabinho at focus back. Furthermore, he got one more issue in their 1-1 attract at home to West Brom a week ago, which has since been analyzed as an abductor injury. Klopp anticipates that Matip should go through around three weeks out, with their conflict against Burnley on January 21 an imaginable bring go back.

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