Boss Reveals Plans For Moscow

Louis van Gaal has revealed to MUTV that Sergio Romero and Antonio Valencia are set to travel with the Manchester United squad for the Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow.

With all four teams in Group B on three points after two games, the Reds are looking to take a positive step towards qualification with victory in the Russian capital on Wednesday.

Ahead of the flight to Moscow, the boss declared Romero and Valencia are back in contention after missing the fabulous 3-0 win at Everton due to their World Cup qualifying exertions in South America.

James Wilson is to remain in Manchester due to illness but Jesse Lingard, fresh from his first outing of the season as a second-half substitute at Goodison Park, looks set to keep his place in the squad.

"It's the same amount of injuries so Luke Shaw, Paddy McNair and Ashley Young are not going with us," van Gaal exclusively told MUTV. "Willo was a little bit ill – Wilson as he is named but, for us, it is Willo – so he shall not travel with us.

"I'll take 20 players with me. It's a four-hour flight so, if a player gets ill, I have the other player in my environment.

"Of course that was the reason [Romero and Valencia were absent at Everton]. They have to cope with the jet-lag so I didn't think it was wise to take them with us against Everton."