Positive Update On 4 Injured Reds

Louis van Gaal has provided a positive injury update on four Manchester United players and claimed “there is some light at the end of the tunnel” regarding those on the treatment table.

Phil Jones, who will celebrate his 24th birthday later this month, has been training with the first team and is close to making his comeback ahead of Sunday’s match at Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League.

Long-term absentees Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia are also making good progress in their rehabilitation, although Bastian Schweinsteiger is still recovering from the injury he sustained during the Emirates FA Cup third-round win over Sheffield United on 9 January.

“There is some light at the end of the tunnel, I think,” the manager told MUTV at the Aon Training Complex on Friday afternoon. “Jones is coming back. He has trained today [Friday] with the first team so that's good. Rojo is doing well. It's not that he can train with us but, still, he is doing well. Shaw is doing well and Valencia is doing well so it's not bad. Schweinsteiger is still out, yes.”

Ashley Young is still sidelined for the foreseeable future with the groin injury he picked up at Liverpool on 17 January. Van Gaal did not include Marouane Fellaini in his injury update to MUTV after the Belgium international walked straight down the tunnel following his 80th-minute substitution during Tuesday night’s impressive 3-0 win over Stoke City at Old Trafford.