Injury update ahead of Leicester v United

Louis van Gaal has told MUTV that Ander Herrera and Phil Jones are still unavailable for selection ahead of Manchester United’s trip to Leicester City in the Barclays Premier League.




Herrera suffered a hamstring injury during the first half of last weekend’s 2-1 victory at Watford before Jones was also forced off with an ankle problem at Vicarage Road. As a result, both players missed Wednesday’s goalless draw with PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Champions League.
During his weekly interview with MUTV at the Aon Training Complex on Friday, van Gaal was asked if any of the players picked up injuries during the midweek match at Old Trafford: “It’s too early to say something about that but it was a very intense game," he explained. "I cannot say too much about that."

Pressed further on Herrera and Jones, the boss continued: "I cannot say that also because these kind of injuries you cannot predict. I don’t think it is weeks, but I think within two weeks one of the two can come back. But I don’t know, you can never predict that, because injuries are unpredictable."

Van Gaal was boosted by the returns from illness and injury of Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial and Marouane Fellaini for the European match against PSV, but the manager is definitely without long-term absentees Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia this Saturday. There was no update on the fitness of Michael Carrick on Friday.