Anthony Martial was expected to miss the Red Devils’ jaunt down to Vicarage Road after being pictured leaving Wembley on crutches after France’s 2-0 defeat to England on Tuesday.
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“Rooney came back ill after the break”.
He said: “It’s a question if the players want to play”.
Lingard’s call-up to the England squad this week for the friendly against France was widely criticised, with the player earning a spot in the squad despite starting just one Premier League match for Manchester United.
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“What they have to tell me is private but we have communicated”.
And I think also that you touch people in the heart.
“Maybe PSV for Martial but it’s not certain, and I think Rooney shall also play then because illness is not something of many days”.
Van Gaal, 64, admitted that he could be back for the sides crucial clash against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League and the same with Rooney.
Marouane Fellaini has filled in well up front on a few occasions during Van Gaal’s tenure at Old Trafford, but he is out with a calf problem.
Team-mate Morgan Schneiderlin is available but van Gaal plans to further assess him and German global Bastian Schweinsteiger before deciding whether he can select the pair.
Anthony Martial picked up an injury during the global break for France’s game against England and has failed to recover ahead of the Watford encounter. But I have to say that because when I don’t, I’m arrogant! Martial can not play because he is injured.
“Loyalty is an important quality and one should never dismiss the value of loyalty from player to coach and coach to player”, Hodgson said. I started at Watford when I was 10 and left at 21, so I was there for a long time.
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“There is always a chance (he will play on Saturday)”.
