Boss Delivers Injury Update

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed that both Will Keane and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson picked up knocks in his side's 3-0 FA Cup fifth-round win over Shrewsbury Town on Monday night.

In what was an entertaining evening of cup football at Greenhous Meadow, the Reds were still unable to leave the match unscathed as both Keane and Borthwick-Jackson were added to the ever-growing list of injuries.

"It is unbelievable because [in addition to Keane] I have taken Borthwick-Jackson off because he was injured and Jesse Lingard was struggling towards the end too," van Gaal told BT Sport. "I changed [Juan] Mata and [Anthony] Martial to give them rest and we picked up more injuries, so it is unbelievable – it is the programme [of fixtures] I think."

The manager was then asked for an update on David De Gea who was again replaced in the line-up by Sergio Romero after the Spaniard picked up a knock in the warm-up prior to the Midtjylland clash last week. Van Gaal suggested that he did not expect De Gea to be absent for too long, but wouldn't be drawn on naming a date for his return.

"I don’t know [if De Gea will be fit for Thursday], it is not so heavy but we have to wait and see when we can start him again," he insisted.