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Antony could return to the Manchester United side for their Champions League game with Galatasaray on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian winger has not played since early September after allegations of domestic abuse were made against him.<\/p>\n

Antony, who has denied the allegations, has not been arrested or charged in either Brazil or the UK.<\/p>\n

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He returned to training on Sunday and boss Erik ten Hag says he is \u201cin consideration\u201d for the Group A game.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag has also confirmed that defender Lisandro Martinez will require surgery on a foot injury.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Argentina international missed the end of last season after fracturing a metatarsal in April and United expect him to miss another three months because of \u201can aggravation\u201d to the injury.<\/p>\n

United could be boosted, though, by the return of left-back Sergio Reguilon, who missed Saturday\u2019s home loss to Crystal Palace with an injury.<\/p>\n

This could allow Sofyan Amrabat to move into his more familiar role in midfield.<\/p>\n

United have a lengthy injury list that includes full-backs Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.<\/p>\n

Antony returns as Man Utd seek turnaround in form<\/h3>\n

Manchester United have had their worst-ever start to a Premier League season, with Saturday\u2019s 1-0 home loss to Palace leaving them 10th in the table with nine points from seven games.<\/p>\n

They also lost their opening game in this season\u2019s Champions League group campaign \u2013 4-3 at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n

Antony\u2019s return comes with United missing several players.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old \u2013 an \u00a381.3m signing from Ajax in August 2022 \u2013 has featured in four games this season, but has not provided a goal or assist. He scored eight times in 44 appearances for United in 2022-23.<\/p>\n

With regard to the allegations made against him, it is understood he spoke to Greater Manchester Police on Thursday and no restrictions were placed on him following the interview.<\/p>\n

United sources say he has provided evidence in support of his strong denials of the allegations.<\/p>\n

Zaha makes Old Trafford return<\/h3>\n

There will be some familiar faces in the Galatasaray squad, most notably Wilfried Zaha.<\/p>\n

The forward joined the Turkish club in July after leaving Crystal Palace, for whom he made 458 appearances.<\/p>\n

He also had a spell at United from 2013 to 2014, but only made two Premier League appearances for them.<\/p>\n

Gala also have former Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez and ex-Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira in their squad, but they could be without on-loan Chelsea forward Hakim Ziyech following a knock.<\/p>\n

Okan Buruk\u2019s side began their Champions League campaign with a 2-2 home draw with FC Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

They are currently second in Turkey\u2019s Super Lig, with six wins and a draw from seven games.<\/p>\n

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