Wayne Rooney damaged his knee ligament in the 2-1 defeat to Sunderland earlier this month.
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Fans chanted Van Gaal’s name at Old Trafford during the win over Arsenal, which saw Premier League debutant Marcus Rashford score a brace and provide the assist for Ander Herrera’s winning third goal.
He continued: ‘It doesn’t happen much normally – I have had a lot of criticism because I am sitting on my bench and now I am off my bench and I have lot of criticism because I’m doing that.
M.E.N. Sport understands United players do not expect executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to sack Van Gaal before the end of the campaign, even though he dismissed David Moyes with four games remaining in 2013-14.
“No, he won’t be ready for England next month”, Van Gaal said.
Despite a bleak winter, a number of players still enjoy working under Van Gaal and he has not explicitly lost the dressing room like Moyes did.
Although Manchester City have a game in hand, Van Gaal’s side have temporarily closed the gap to fourth place to three points, and will hope to finish strong in order to secure a spot in the Champions League next year.
However, The Express has claimed that if that does not work sufficiently, the striker may be forced to undergo an operation that would likely rule him out of the major global tournament.
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However, despite Van Gaal expected to depart and replaced by Jose Mourinho, the Dutchman is demanding that the Red Devils keep Carrick for at least another term.
