Louis van Gaal plays down Daley Blind injury fears

The club announced on their Twitter feed that Blind could be out for six months with a knee injury, before hastily deleting the post.

"Blind is not ready to play. He has now a brace on his knee, 10 days' rest, then we have to make another scan and we can say more about his injury," said Van Gaal.

"It's not so bad as the doctors are thinking after the match, but it shall be a long story, I believe, but not six months or something."

Blind, 24, picked up the injury during the Netherlands’ 6-0 win over Latvia in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday.

He only joined United in the summer from Ajax in a £14 million deal.

United also have concerns over a host of other players ahead of Saturday's clash against Arsenal at the Emirates, including summer signings Angel di Maria and Luke Shaw.

"It's difficult to say if anyone is back because we have to wait for Friday's training session to decide if they're back," the manager said.

"Di Maria has trained today normally so I don't think that is a question mark but Shaw is. [David] De Gea is good, no problem. I think I have to wait for the reactions tomorrow in training with [Michael] Carrick but I also expect he's ready to play."