David Moyes has just finished conducting his weekly pre-match press conference, and gave us all the news that no Manchester United fan wanted; Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie will both miss the clash with Chelsea on Sunday. The gaffer also added that Anderson’s move to Fiorentina is only a loan deal.
Sunday’s heavyweight clash just got a whole lot harder, although we’ve been boosted by the fact that Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Marouane Fellaini all trained today. Wayne Rooney did train, but he was on his own doing some light work, whereas Robin van Persie missed out altogether.
On Rooney, David Moyes said:
“He’s training, he’s on the grass, doing some running and looking quite good. He’s had a break, done a lot of strengthening work around his groin and hopefully enjoyed a few days in the sunshine as well. Hopefully he’ll benefit from it, but not for this game.
“I don’t want to put a date on it just now as I don’t want to say he’ll be fit for whatever game and then I find he’s not, but we’ve just got to take it bit by bit. I’ve watched him running today; he looks well and is in really good condition.”
Its great that we seem to be getting most of our important players back, its just unfortunate that we’ll be missing our two best players this weekend.
When quizzed about Robin van Persie, David Moyes said:
“I’m hoping Robin has a good chance of training at the start of next week. It would be a great boost.”
If we can get both of them back, and fully fit by the end of the month we’ll have a great chance at getting into the top four this year. We just need to go on a good run, and string some wins together.
Follow us on Twitter @OTFaithful for more Manchester United news.
Be the first to comment