Team News – Crystal Palace vs Manchester United
Memphis Depay has been seemingly dropped from Manchester United’s matchday squad for the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace.
According to the Manchester Evening News, the Dutch winger was not on the bus that left Carrington for Wembley today, along with Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, who looks to have picked up an injury in between this game and the game against Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Memphis and Daley Blind were the only players to have been picked in all 58 matchday squad by Louis van Gaal, but the £26 million signing from PSV Eindhoven looks set to end his miserable season in Manchester on a new low.
Yesterday, the United manager handed fans some good news, as he declared that four players would be returning to the side for the final.
Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin have been declared fit after injury and illness respectively while Marouane Fellaini returns from his three-match suspension.
At the pre-match press conference, Van Gaal said that he would have to disappoint some players by not picking them for the final:
Yeah, there are many players in contention such as Rojo, who is not injured anymore, and Darmian is not injured anymore. You have filmed the training session and have seen a lot of fit players, which makes it more difficult for me as I have to disappoint a lot of players.
We have a squad of 27 players, so I have to disappoint nine players in advance. Of course, the injured players are included in that nine, but I have to disappoint a lot of players. Then I have to select the team and disappoint more players. Some players are thinking that they could play.