Manchester United has zero strikers available to face Chelsea

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Last week, we asked how Manchester United might cope without Zlatan Ibrahimovic. That question assumed the Red Devils had other strikers available to them, but that’s no longer the case. It appears that Jose Mourinho will be without all four of his forwards when his team faces Chelsea on Monday.

Besides Ibrahimovic’s suspension, United is also missing Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney due to injuries picked up over the last four days, while Marcus Rashford is ill. None is expected to play in the FA Cup quarterfinal.

So who’s going to play up top for United? Probably Marouane Fellaini. The 6’4” midfielder has been used as a makeshift striker by both Louis van Gaal and David Moyes, at United and Everton, to mixed effectiveness.

Memphis Depay did this for Lyon. Maybe United could use him at striker? (r/soccer)

Minnesota United’s home opener was the coldest game in MLS history. (MLS)

If you didn’t catch that snowy goalfest, you really missed out.

Iraqi-American Justin Meram will not travel to Iraq’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Meram is not technically supposed to be affected by the White House’s travel ban, but he still feels unsafe traveling to the Middle East. (Massive Report)

Harry Kane has an ankle injury, though it’s not clear how serious it is. (Cartilage Free Captain)

Sino-Europe Sports might finally put down enough money to get control of AC Milan this week. (Football Italia)

RB Leipzig’s Naby Keita was hospitalized for circulatory collapse this weekend. (Bundesliga)

Kazuyoshi Miura has broken Stanley Matthews’ record as the oldest player to score a professional goal. (Guardian)

Cristiano Ronaldo set a goal-related record this weekend too: most headed goals among active players in La Liga. (ESPN FC)

Leicester’s caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare will remain in charge for the rest of the season. (Fosse Posse)

Paolo Bandini on Inter’s huge 7-1 win over Atalanta and their chase for Champions League. (Guardian)

Matt Doyle on Minnesota United’s struggles and other stuff from the weekend in MLS. (MLS)

Ryan Huettel on the American soccer mentality of effort meaning everything and why it needs to go away. (In Bed With Maradona)

Here’s what happened this weekend in MLS, including a little USMNT spat and subsequent walk-back of said spat.

Arsenal fans marched to demand Wenger’s exit, or “Wexit.”

Sergio Ramos fired Real Madrid past Betis. (Managing Madrid)

Barcelona had a bit of a post-Champions League hangover, losing to Depor. (Barca Blaugranes)

Juventus snatched a dramatic 97th minute winner against Milan. (Black and White and Read All Over)

Bayern cruised to a 3-0 win over Frankfurt. (Bavarian Football Works)

But Borussia Dortmund stumbled against Hertha Berlin. (Fear The Wall)

FA Cup: Chelsea vs. Manchester United (3:45 p.m.) — A bit later than usual for Americans, since our clocks changed and Europe’s didn’t.