Marouane Fellaini to miss Man United's festive fixtures
Manchester United will be without mid-fielder Marouane Fellaini for the remainder of Christmas and New Year after it emerged the Belgian has a rib injury.
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London: Manchester United will be without mid-fielder Marouane Fellaini for the remainder of Christmas and New Year after it emerged the Belgian has a rib injury.
However, it is understood that Fellaini is also nursing injured ribs suffered in the win against Liverpool a fortnight ago and it is this that is expected to side line the former Everton player a little longer.
As a result of this problem Fellaini is not expected to return until after the FA Cup third round tie at Yeovil a week Sunday.
Van Gaal has been given better injury news about other players with Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo and Luke Shaw all close to a first-team return.
Blind and Rojo could travel to Yeovil, while left-back Shaw is in contention for the Tottenham game.