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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could have been handed an injury boost ahead of his first game in charge of Manchester United as permanent manager.

The club officially announced Solskjaer on Thursday ahead of the weekend's Premier League game against Watford after his impressive run of results as interim manager.

His first test, since being announced, comes against Javi Garcia's Watford side at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon and the Norwegian finds himself in the midst of another potential injury crisis.

Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku were all sent home from international duty with injuries and there has been no official update over their fitness ahead of the game.

Rashford was sent home from the England camp with an ankle problem he picked up against Liverpool in the league last month but the attacker posted a video on his Twitter account which appeared to show no problem with either ankle.

Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard, who both returned from injury in United's FA Cup defeat to Wolves last time out, have both spent the international break working on their fitness which will be a welcome boost for Solskjaer ahead of the final run-in of the season.

Alexis Sanchez has returned to Carrington to continue his rehab from knee ligament damage which has kept him sidelined since the beginning of the month, however, initial reports suggested he could be out for up to eight weeks which would mean he would not be available for this weekend's game against Watford.

While Lukaku is also expected to miss the Saturday afternoon clash with a foot injury, MEN Sport understands the Belgian's return date is 'unpredictable' but that he needs more time to recover.

Victor Lindelof missed the international fixtures for personal reasons so should be available for the game while Antonio Valencia, who hasn't featured for United since January 2, could be in contention after returning to action for Ecuador over the international break.