United’s lengthy list of absentees has grown ahead of facing La Real on Thursday.

The Europa League is the only route to silverware and realistically continental qualification.

Alejandro Garnacho scored the only goal of the game in Spain

The gates to the ground had just opened when Buckingham Palace announced that the nation’s longest reigning monarch had died at the age of 96.

La Real, currently ninth in LaLiga, have yet to score in four meetings with United.

The striker is enjoying an impressive run of form.

The 22-year-old has signed a long-term deal on Tyneside.

Plus, Ronaldo reportedly wants to join Messi in the French capital