The defender has missed our opening three matches of the campaign through injury but is edging towards a return to action, according to Ten Hag.
The boss spoke about the Sweden captain during the second part of his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon, as you can see below.
“Victor Lindelof did really well in pre-season so I am happy he will be back on Sunday in the squad, so we will have another option,” Erik told reporters.
“Internally, we have competition and that’s good and I think top teams need that.”
Erik's words suggest that our no.