Breaking news: Manchester United defense crisis continues, as Ralf Ragnick favorite defender is out of west ham clash ,as defender family suffer ‘’ traumatic break down ‘’.

 

Manchester United defender Victor 

Lindelof has returned to his native Sweden

 with his wife and children after they suffered

 a "very traumatic" break-in at their 

home in the north west of England.

A statement from his wife, Maja, revealed

 that she and her children had to lock themselves

 in a safe room to escape the invaders, 

however they had escaped physical harm.

Lindelof has been allowed leave from 

the Man Utd squad, meaning he will 

miss their Premier League game at 

home to West Ham on Saturday and 

potentially further matches afterwards.

In a statement, Maja Lindelof revealed

 the break-in occurred while Victor was 

playing in Man Utd's midweek 3-1 league 

win at Brentford

She said in a statement: "During Victor's 

game this Wednesday night we had a break

-in at our house in Manchester. I was home

 alone with both the kids but we managed 

to hide and lock ourselves in a room before

 they entered our house.

"We are okay under the circumstances 

but it was obviously a very traumatic 

and scary moment for both me and 

my little kids. We are now in Sweden

 and are spending some time off with

 our families.

A statement from Man Utd on Lindelof 

confirmed he had been made aware of 

what happened following the Brentford match.

It read: “We can confirm that a break-

in occurred at Victor Lindelof’s house 

during the away game against Brentford.

“His family, who were at home at the 

time, were unhurt but clearly shaken. 

This was a distressing experience for 

them, and for Victor when he learned

 of it after the game, and the club is 

providing them with our full support.

“We encourage anyone with information

 about the crime to contact the police.”

Man Utd manager Ralf Rangnick confirmed

 in his press conference on Friday that 

Lindelof would not play against West 

Ham and has his full support to stay 

with his family at the current time.

Rangnick said: "I spoke with him 

at length on our flight back home from 

London and also this morning. We spoke

 for 20 or 25 minutes, he told me what 

actually happened, that this was a traumatic

 event, especially for his wife and three

-year-old son.

"He said to me right now he needs to 

stay at home, he doesn't want to leave 

his wife and family on their own, which 

I can fully understand, being a father 

of two children myself. We agreed he will

 not be on duty tomorrow for the game."

Jadon Sancho may also not play this weekend

 after missing the Brentford game due 

to a family bereavement.

Rangnick said: "He didn't train yesterday 

because he still asked us to not train. He 

attended a funeral on Wednesday, it still 

affected him quite a lot, he is expected back

 to training this afternoon at three o'clock

, but right now I'm not sure if he will 

be available for the game tomorrow.

"It was an important member of the 

family, somebody he was close to all 

his life. I have to wait and see, speak 

to him before training and after training

 and take the decision."