Manchester United injury list: Robin van Persie, Luke Shaw and Rafael return but THREE stars remain sidelined

 

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Recovered: Van Persie is fit to face Cambridge United
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Standard Sport22 January 2015

Striker Robin van Persie has recovered from an ankle injury and is available for Manchester United's FA Cup fourth round tie at Cambridge on Friday.

Defenders Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling are unavailable due to unspecified injuries, but left-back Luke Shaw is back after missing last weekend's win over QPR.

Right-back Rafael is available after recovering from the fractured cheekbone he sustained in the third-round win over Yeovil but Ashley Young (hamstring) remains sidelined.

Ahead of the game match, Louis van Gaal warned his squad to be wary of the Cambridge height.

"Cambridge play very direct, with long balls. They have five or six players above 1m 90cm (6ft 3in) so for us it's difficult to defend and that's why you have to prepare yourself very good," the United manager said.

"It's not so easy to beat Cambridge United."

Provisional squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Valdes, Vermijl, Blackett, Shaw, Rojo, Jones, McNair, Rafael, Pereira, Blind, Fellaini, Fletcher, Herrera, Valencia, Lingard, Anderson, Carrick, Powell, Januzaj, Di Maria, Mata, Falcao, Rooney, Van Persie, Wilson.

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