Manchester United have avoided defeat in their last nine consecutive matches but the Dutchman is optimistic the club will improve once he has a full squad to pick from Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he thinks his side will become even better when his injured players return to fitness and he has a full squad to choose from. United have been plagued by injury problems so far this season, losing the likes of Angel Di Maria, Chris Smalling, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo for significant periods of time and currently have eight players sidelined. But Van Gaal is optimistic that a clutch of first-team stars are returning to fitness, and believes his side will improve upon their recent form - they have avoided defeat in their last nine games and lie third in the Premier League - once he has a full compliment to pick from, though he remains wary of rushing players back too soon There are players coming back, we have seen the first signs of that in the last two games with Rafael, Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw, he told a press conference on Tuesday. They dont have any match rhythm and thats my problem, its the case with a few players. We played three or four games in the space of a week, so we need these players now more than ever. Its now difficult for me to select the team. I think everyone can see that we are improving every week in spite of a lot of injuries, and that’s because of the philosophy. I think the players understand the philosophy, and that’s why we are improving – but we can improve more when we have all the players available. Van Gaal also confirmed that Herrera and Adnan Januzaj have both returned to training after recovering from an ankle injury and illness respectively, though he again sounded a note of caution when pressed on their expected comeback dates. Herrera trained today for the first time with us but, yes, they don’t have match rhythm, he added. Januzaj has also trained two training sessions with us, but he was ill and you have to recover from your illness, not from your tiredness. Maybe it’s worse to recover from illness.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:45:12 +0000
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