Wayne Rooney is to face a late fitness test ahead of the Hammers away match at Old Trafford on Saturday as manager David Moyes bids to find more goals from his strikeforce.
Rooney missed out on his team’s midweek League Cup quarter-final win at Stoke City due to a groin injury but manager Moyes seemed more upbeat about the player after today’s training session.
“Wayne has got a chance,” Moyes told reporters. “So we’ll see how he is tomorrow.”
Manchester United are eighth in the League table and 10 points adrift of leaders Arsenal. However, the Old Trafford outfit but are on a small high after three wins in their last three games in all competitions.
Moyes spoke about United’s winger Nani, who has not played since the home defeat to Newcastle United on 7th December. He said that the Portuguese star would be out for several weeks.
“Nani has a hamstring injury, which is a little bit worse than we thought,” he said.
“The players have done really well,” he said. “That is why there is such a good squad and a big squad here because throughout the season, the amount of games we have to play here, you do need those extra players.
“We have seen recently, in the last couple of games, we have been a little bit short in areas but the players who have come in have done brilliantly well. We have needed the whole squad, we really have.”
The game against the Hammers would also see the return of Darren Fletcher, who’s been sidelined for the best part of a year with a serious bowel condition.
Moyes added: “For Darren to get a couple of games and come back into the team is great.”
After the Hammers performance against Tottenham at the Lane, the lads must be up for the challenge against a united side that is not exactly “cooking on gas”. It presents the perfect chance to snatch a point or three and take their A game to Old Trafford.
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