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24th Nov 2015

Manchester United receive four much-needed fitness boosts ahead of PSV visit

The boys are back

Patrick McCarry

Where will Memphis fit into all of this?

Manchester United can all but secure passage to the last 16 of the Champions League by defeating PSV Eindhoven at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening.

Louis van Gaal’s side fell 2-1 to the Dutch champions – and lost Luke Shaw to a devastating injury – back in September, but will seek to right that wrong.

Van Gaal now has some selection issues and he will be thankful for the headache or two.

At the weekend, the United boss went into a Premier League fixture against Watford without seven key players, including a senior, regognised striker.

Memphis Depay started up front and scored the opener in a 2-1 win. He also teed up Jesse Lingard for a shot on target with a sharp reverse pass and looked menacing throughout. He received the man-of-the-match accolade from BT Sport.

Now, following a morning training session at Carrington, van Gaal looks set to have, including James Wilson, four attacking options back.

Nick Powell, who lined out for the U21s on Monday night, also joined the group, as did Sean Goss, who was on the bench at Watford, James Weir and Regan Poole [signed from Newport this summer].

Manchester United training group: De Gea, Romero; Rojo, Smalling, Blind, Varela, McNair, Darmian, Poole; Mata, Young, Powell, Fellaini, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Pereira, Goss, Weir; Memphis, Rooney, Martial, Wilson.

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