Here’s what Manchester United Manager Louis van Gaal had to say today at his pre-Arsenal match press conference. He offered updates (sort of ) on all the injured Man United players.
Some Van Gaal quotes:
“It’s difficult to say if anyone is back because we have to wait for Friday’s training session to decide if they’re back.”
“But they’re not coming back in the squad – that’s a different thing. My philosophy is that you have to train at least one week with the squad, better two. But if you see our circumstances, we maybe have to bring players back to the squad.”
“Di Maria has trained today normally so I don’t think that is a question mark, but Shaw is. De Gea is good, no problem. I think I have to wait for the reaction in training with Carrick, but I also expect he’s ready to play.”
“Blind is not ready to play. He has now a brace on his knee, 10 days’ rest, then we have to make another scan and we can say more about his injury. It’s not so bad as the doctors are thinking after the match, but it shall be a long story, I believe, but not six months or something.”
So your Man United injury updates summation: Shaw doubtful, Blind not as bad/serious as initially thought (here’s more on that), Di Maria and De Gea are good to go, Carrick is probable. We’ll have video of Van Gaal’s presser later today when it becomes available.
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