Manchester United ace Christian Eriksen is in contention to play for his side at the weekend.

The Red Devils and Denmark midfielder has been absent since a rough challenge from Reading's Andy Carroll in an FA Cup game in January.

Eriksen, who suffered a serious ankle injury, is now training with the first team.

"Not for tomorrow, but he's returning on the pitch," manager Erik ten Hag told reporters before their 1-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday.

“He's returning to team training, so we have to see now how quickly he can make progress."

"It's going well. I've just started being outside, with football boots on," Eriksen told the club's podcast last week.

“Then we take it from there, that's the next step. I've been in the gym for some weeks now and now it's time to do the next rehab session outside.

"It's weird not being on international duty, you're normally away and now it's more the thing you're following your national team and you're here instead of being with them. That's weird, but it has happened before so you get used to it. But, still, you enjoy it less."