Louis van Gaal has confirmed that there are no further injury problems ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.
Ahead of the long journey to Moscow, the United manager revealed that Sergio Romero and Antonio Valencia will be rejoining the fold, after being omitted for the 3-0 win against Everton at the weekend due to jet leg after returning from World Cup qualifiers in South America.
“Of course that was the reason [Romero and Valencia were absent at Everton]. They have to cope with the jet-lag so I didn’t think it was wise to take them with us against Everton,” van Gaal said to MUTV.
The only absentee (apart from the injuries to Luke Shaw, Paddy McNair and Ashley Young) will be James Wilson, who will be remaining in Manchester due to illness.
“It’s the same amount of injuries so Luke Shaw, Paddy McNair and Ashley Young are not going with us,” the Dutchman said. “Willo was a little bit ill – Wilson as he is named but, for us, it is Willo – so he shall not travel with us.
“I’ll take 20 players with me. It’s a four-hour flight so, if a player gets ill, I have the other player in my environment.”
That means that Jesse Lingard is expected to keep his place in the squad, after his first appearance of the season at Goodison Park at the weekend.
A win for United in the Russian capital could go a long way to securing qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League, with all four teams in Group B currently on three points after two games.
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