The Frenchman joined the Red Devils from Lille last month and he had an impressive start to pre-season.

However, he picked up an ankle injury during the 2-1 defeat to Arsenal . A surgery was required for the setback.

United officially confirmed that Yoro would require three months to return to action, but the gap could be much longer.

As per The Sun , the Red Devils don't expect Yoro to play regularly until the beginning of the new calendar year.

With this in mind, the club have stepped up their pursuit of a new central defender and are eyeing different options.

Bayern Munich's Matthijs de Ligt has been tipped to join for the past few weeks, but there is a gap in valuation.

The club are also contemplating the prospect of a renewed bid to sign Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite .

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