New signing Baleba out for around three weeks with ankle injury, reveals Carrick

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] ‌completed the signing of the 22-year-old midfielder from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton & ‌Hove Albion[/a] in a deal worth around ‌60 million pounds ($81.48 million), with further add-ons, this week, but the Cameroon international will have to wait for his ‌debut.[/p][p]"[b]He's got a little ankle issue ⁠so maybe a ‌couple of weeks or so, maybe three weeks[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carrick-michael/phM8NElP/"]Carrick[/a] told ​reporters on Friday.[/p][p]"[b]But we knew that before, so it's no major issue. It'll ​be great to have him when we can[/b]."[/p][embed guid="585ad613-f906-4b8f-8c11-74691073e2f6" url="https://x.com/ManUtd/status/2093332346401665435" social-type="twitter" /][p]Asked whether [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baleba-carlos/UwTdoLQl/"]Baleba[/a] could return before the international break, ⁠Carrick added: "[b]We'll wait ​and see. We're hopeful, but I don't want to put any deadlines on it just yet[/b]."[/p][p]Carrick also provided a positive update on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mount-mason/lOA8VKIK/"]Mason Mount[/a], saying ‌the midfielder has returned to training after being forced off during United's 1-1 pre-season draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a].[/p][p]However, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/traore-amad/I5Rhq1WL/"]Amad Diallo[/a] remains unavailable after suffering an injury in training.[/p][p]"[b]Amad won't be involved this week. He'll be out for a little bit longer[/b]," Carrick said.[/p][p]United will be looking to bounce back in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ipswich-thqhB2MB/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=4S67nB0K"]their first home league ‌game[/a] after suffering a 2-0 defeat at promoted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]​Hull City[/a] in their season opener.[/p][image alt="Win probability" id="021f83e0-4598-4d5c-8c0e-dc6f699e2ac8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="cd7da2ba-fe76-4387-8e5b-04e23badf50d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]"[b]First home game ‌of the season is one we look forward to[/b]," Carrick said.[/p][p]"[b]We're massively looking forward to the game. We had a setback last week and we want to get back to ⁠playing well and ⁠winning football matches[/b]."[/p]