Cristiano Ronaldo has recovered from a neck injury to be included in the Manchester United squad for their Premier League game against West Ham at Old Trafford.

Ronaldo arrived with teammates at The Lowry Hotel on Friday night and Edinson Cavani is also back after missing the midweek win over Brentford.

Jadon Sancho missed the Wednesday night win over Brentford due to a bereavement in his family and attended the funeral on the same day.

The 21-year-old trained for the first time in United's 3pm session on Friday but was not with the squad at The Lowry in the evening. "He didn't train yesterday (Thursday) because he still asked us to not train," Rangnick said. "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."

Cavani is back
Cavani is back

Harry Maguire is expected to partner Raphael Varane after Victor Lindelof requested to stay with his wife and two sons after they were left traumatised by a break-in at their home on Wednesday.

Luke Shaw (knock) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (ill) are unlikely to return, so Maguire could be the only change to the side that beat Brentford 3-1. Diogo Dalot and Alex Telles are set to continue at right-back and left-back.

"Offensively, [Dalot] has a lot of assets, he did well for somebody who can deliver crosses from the wing, he's also able to take on players in one-on-one situations," Rangnick said. "The areas where he can still improve and where there is still space for improvement is the defensive work.

Rangnick turns up
Rangnick turns up

"He's not that much of a defensive full-back, more of an offensive full-back, but this is normal. There are quite a few other full-backs in other clubs where it's the same. Quite a few of those full-backs formerly played as right or left wingers and, so far, the development with Diogo and Alex Telles, I'm happy.

"They get more game-time now because Luke is injured and Aaron is still ill. So I'm happy to have those two players available. As I said, offensively, they have assets and strengths but defensively there is still space to improve."

United would return to the top four for the first time since October 16 if they beat West Ham.

Confirmed United squad members

David de Gea, Dean Henderson, Tom Heaton, Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Nemanja Matic, Fred, Scott McTominay, Donny van de Beek, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Anthony Elanga, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford