Breaking news: Man Utd in a centre-back CRISIS as Maguire 'is ruled out of Wolves clash' , as Ralf Ragnick puts Phil Jones in his plans ahead of today’s game ,here is what he said ...

 Harry Maguire has been ruled out of 

Manchester United's Premier League clash

 with Wolves on Monday, according to 

reports, leaving Ralf Rangnick short 

of centre-backs.

The Red Devils take on Wolves hoping to 

close the gap to fourth-placed Arsenal to 

just a single point with a win, thereby extending

 their unbeaten run in all competitions to 

nine games since Ole Gunnar 

 sacking.

United are already short of defensive 

options with Victor Lindelof recovering 

from a recent coronavirus diagnosis and 

Eric Bailly limping off in their 3-1 win

 over Burnley on Thursday.

And according to The Athletic, United

 captain Maguire will not feature in Monday's

 Old Trafford match with Wolves after 

picking up an injury himself against Burnley

, with Phil Jones in line to play his first 

Premier League game in two years.

Jones has not played a competitive game

 for United since the start of 2020, when 

he scored in the 6-1 FA Cup victory 

over Tranmere Rovers.

Since then, he has battled to overcome

 a knee injury, a time he has described as 

'the lowest of his life' - but has since played

 in behind closed doors games as he looks

 to improve his fitness.

Sportsmail revealed last month that Jones

 has recently attracted interest from Portuguese

 side Benfica over a potential January loan 

deal, but now could be put into the United

 starting eleven for the visit of Wolves.

United's reported injury crisis will see

 Rangnick choose between several back-up  

options to partner Raphael Varane in central

 defence, after the Frenchman was rested 

for the win over Burnley.

Swedish defender Lindelof has not played

 for United since a 1-0 win over Norwich 

on December 11 which saw him come 

off during the game with breathing difficulties.

A subsequent Covid-19 outbreak at Old 

Trafford saw United have an enforced 

16-day break before they returned to 

Premier League action with a 1-1 draw 

at Newcastle on December 27, but Lindelof 

was absent from the squad.

Rangnick confirmed the defender had 

tested positive for coronavirus and Lindelof, 

in an update on his Instagram story on 

Wednesday, revealed his desire to 

be back soon.

The centre-back said in the video: 'Hi 

everyone, I just wanted to check in real 

quick and first of all say thank you for all 

your messages in these past couple of weeks

 and obviously the past couple of days

 as well.

'I've seen it so I just wanted to say that 

I really appreciate it, so thank you so much

 for that. At the moment, I'm just home. 

I feel fine so hopefully I can be back with 

the guys soon.'

United captain Maguire, meanwhile, has 

started all but two of his side's Premier 

League matches this season, as the Red 

Devils look to lift themselves up from 

seventh in the table.

The only top-flight games the England 

international has missed this term are 1-

1 draws against Everton and Chelsea in 

October and November respectively.