Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has appeared to rule World Cup trio Adnan Januzaj, Marouane Fellaini and Robin van Persie out of Tuesdays friendly against Valencia. The Dutchman will walk out at Old Trafford for the first time as Reds boss and is anticipating a tough test against the Spanish outfit. The players have to be fit and the first thing you can do is be fit, he explained to MUTV. I dont think they are fit after one week of training sessions. Surely not, when you compare it with players I have already trained. It is more difficult as they are not as the same level as the players we have trained already and have already played 45 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes. So that is difficult. They came later, like Januzaj, Fellaini and van Persie so it is difficult to start at the same level. So we have to adjust and that is difficult. Valencia come into the match in good form themselves after winning the Emirates Cup recently. They have also won a tournament in Emirates Stadium, added van Gaal. They are very good. I think, otherwise, they would not beat those competitors. Its very difficult for us but its better to play against good opponents rather than weak opponents and we win, for example, 7-0. MUTV will be on air from 18:30 on Tuesday evening with Jim Rosenthal, Bryan Robson and Ron Atkinson in the studio for The Match Live.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:27:44 +0000
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