Dorgu off early for Denmark, suspected hamstring

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Patrick Dorgu came off inside half an hour for Denmark, with a suspected hamstring

Patrick Dorgu was withdrawn after about half an hour of Denmark's 2-0 win over Wales on Sunday. Ben Dinnery, an injury analyst, called it a suspected hamstring problem, non-contact, on the standing leg, possibly the proximal thigh, and hedged the mechanism himself: it could indicate a tendon issue.

The BBC has added Dorgu to its list of players hurt during the international window without naming a body part or a duration. United have said nothing. Dinnery notes this would be Dorgu's second hamstring issue of the year, after one that cost him close to three months.

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The Briefing

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Andy Mitten

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He writes across The Athletic, FourFourTwo, the FT and Esquire without holding a staff role at the club, the kind of independence that keeps him worth reading over a house voice.

Club Pulse

Ownership sentiment fell sharply on the City sanctions timeline, and the men's squad slid on Dorgu's injury news. Women's mood held level after Sunday's win; academy and manager reads stayed too thin to call.

Fan Voice

Reaction split two ways on Sunday: one fan doubted City's own supporters could trust the club again, another reacted the moment Dorgu limped off.

The problem is City fans have been told a lot of things over the last few years that don't look like they were right. Why would you trust it again?

@markgoldbridge, sentiment negative

Patrick Dorgu has gone off injured against Wales. Hopefully it’s nothing serious

@StretfordPaddck, sentiment negative

Player in Focus

Bruno Fernandes

6 mentions on the day's count, sentiment negative, trend falling.

Fernandes did not play in Portugal's 2-1 win in Oslo on Sunday, left out of both the starting eleven and the twelve substitutes named. Jorge Jesus gave two accounts of why: once that he arrived carrying an issue from United, once that Wales made it worse; Record reports he is being held back for Copenhagen on Thursday 1 October. Six mentions in a day's feed, with sentiment trending negative, is enough to call a pattern rather than noise.

Fernandes missed Portugal in Oslo with no body part, scan or return date named, and Portugal left him out of both the eleven and the twelve substitutes.

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Loan Watch

The window's departures are settled business: West Brom, Luton, Chelsea and Willem II each closed on players sent out, and none of the eight leaves any loan still in progress to track.