---
title: "Team News – Tottenham vs Man United"
canonical: "https://readmanutd.com/2016/04/08/team-news-tottenham-vs-man-united/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
section: "Man Utd Match Previews"
published: "2016-04-08T15:46:21Z"
modified: "2016-04-08T15:46:21Z"
---

# Team News – Tottenham vs Man United

Manchester United will welcome two players back into the side for their visit to second-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

Phil Jones and Ashley Young have been passed fit after playing for the Under-21s against Chelsea on Monday night and will be in contention to make the bench for Louis van Gaal’s side at White Hart Lane.

![Stephen Pond/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2016/04/498138478.jpg)

Young played the entire game for the Under-21s at Old Trafford, while Jones was withdrawn from the action with 15 minutes remaining and both trained fully with the first-team throughout the week.

Speaking to [MUTV](https://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/Apr/Team-news-Louis-van-Gaal-provides-injury-update-ahead-of-Tottenham-match.aspx) in his weekly interview, the United boss said:

> *Yes, they \[Jones and Young\] are more or less fit players because you cannot be fit after one game at a lower level. We have a big squad now, we are training with 26 people and we have to adapt to that new situation again, but it is very promising now.*

![Jan Kruger/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2016/04/511969792.jpg)

Van Gaal also confirmed that Adnan Januzaj would not be involved in this weekend’s action after suffering an injury, although it is not thought to be serious:

> *Adnan was injured and he is still injured but he shall also come back, it is not such a heavy injury. He is not fit to play in the reserves or in the first team.*

Finally, the United boss told MUTV that captain Wayne Rooney is back in full training with the first-team, but will not be fit enough to play on Sunday.