MARC SKINNER says Manchester United will assess Ella Toone after the international break with a possibility the England midfielder will not return to action until the new year.

Toone has missed United’s last two games due to a calf injury sustained in training and was not selected in Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses squad for the friendlies against the United States on November 30 and Switzerland on December 3.

United go to Chelsea in the Women’s Super League on Sunday and then after the international break host Liverpool and go to Crystal Palace, either side of a League Cup match against Newcastle.