Van Persie will miss Swansea clash – Van Gaal

The Netherlands striker has not trained sufficiently
since returning from the World Cup to be
considered as the Red Devils chase a second
successive opening day win over the Swans
Robin van Persie has “no chance” of featuring for
Manchester United against Swansea City on
Saturday, according to manager Louis van Gaal.
The striker returned to pre-season training late
after reaching the World Cup semi-finals, under
Van Gaal, with Netherlands.
And, asked whether Van Persie might be fit enough
to play on Saturday, Van Gaal said: “No chance. He
has to train.”
The comments echo the former Bayern Munich
and Barcelona coach’s statement from earlier this
month, when he predicted Van Persie would not be
ready.
“Robin wants to play every game, I know that, but
so do the other 30 players in the squad,” he said at
the time. “But players have to train and Robin
needs a full training regime behind him before he
can play again.”
Big-money signing Luke Shaw will also miss out
on Saturday after picking up a hamstring injury, but
Van Gaal is confident of filling the gap left by the
teenager.
“We played in the USA [pre-season tour] with
Reece James and Ashley Young in that position
[left wing-back],” he reminded reporters. “I’m not
worried.”
Sam Johnstone, Antonio Valencia, Jonny Evans
and Danny Welbeck all join Shaw in being
unavailable for the Premier League curtain-raiser
through injury.