Valdes joined United in January 2015 after training with them for two-and-a-half months as he sought to regain fitness following a cruciate ligament injury.
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Louis van Gaal has a new defensive injury crisis to deal with ahead of Southampton’s visit to Old Trafford with Ashley Young set to be out for “a long time” following an operation on a severe groin injury.
England left-back Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture of his right leg in September, fellow defender Marcos Rojo has had shoulder surgery and winger Antonio Valencia is another long-term casualty with a foot problem.
“I need full backs and you have seen that I have used a lot of times youngsters from [the] second team”.
Van Gaal insisted that United are always under pressure to win but that the three points against Liverpool lifted the mood in the camp.
“To give a high performance every week normally is very hard for youngsters, which is why we have to look always in this transfer period for replacements”.
“We are looking for a level but clubs don’t want to sell”.
Chris Smalling has not been the dominant force in the last couple weeks which we are coming to expect and his task will not become any easier against the big Italian worldwide, Graziano Pelle. Expect a very physical game from Smalling. “It’s unbelievable, but we’re not lucky with that”.
Januzaj’s last United appearance came back on August 26, in a 4-0 Champions League qualifier win away to Bruges.
The Red Devils have won three and drawn one in all competitions since the turn of the year to ease the pressure on Van Gaal but the Dutchman admits his team are still fighting against the tide. “We will go into it with confidence, but you never know with football”. It has been a topsy-turvy ride for Manchester United right from the beginning game against Swansea and until Liverpool, they have failed to score many but they haven’t conceded either.
“[Cameron] Borthwick-Jackson and [Guillermo] Varela are doing great but the level at United is high”.
Our landlord believes not backing Van Gaal for expensive signings is a good call but urged the board to spend some money this month, as he believes the current squad is not capable of landing a top-four finish.
The former QPR man had only come on as a late substitute but made more of an impact than the majority of the other players who featured in the 90 minutes. “Everyone thinks it’s easy but it’s not so”.
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“I think that he [Januzaj] is available”.
