David Silva will miss the United match.

David Silva, a former midfielder for Manchester City, is one of seven Real Sociedad players who won't be available for Thursday's critical match against Manchester United in the Europa League.

The team from La Liga is presently in first place in Group E after winning all of their matches during the group stage so far, including a nail-biting triumph over United at Old Trafford by a score of 1-0. However, against the Reds, six of the players who either started or participated in some way in that game won't be available to play at any point during this matchup.

Silva was absent for the loss that Real Betis incurred during the past weekend, and it is anticipated that he will be absent once more on Thursday. Takefusa Kubo, Ander Barrenetxea, Momo Cho, Aihen Munoz, Mikel Oyarzabal, and Umar Sadiq will not be present, either. They are all from other teams.

Ahead of their final match in the group stages of this year's competition, Erik ten Hag's team will get a boost from the fact that Sociedad is having trouble. To take first place in the group and avoid having to play a two-legged play-off match against a Champions League drop-out in the new year, United must win their match against their Spanish opponents by a margin of at least two goals.

Anthony Martial might be able to play for United in the game in Spain, but Jadon Sancho and Antony, both of whom are from England, did not show up for United's inaugural training session on Wednesday morning. As a result, it is likely that they will not be able to participate in the game.