No Rooney, but Zlatan to return: How Manchester United will line up against Chelsea

Jose Mourinho's likely to make changes for his Stamford Bridge return, with Marcus Rashford and Zlatan Ibrahimovic among those set to come back in

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is likely to shuffle his pack again on Sunday, as the Portuguese tactician prepares to renew acquaintances with former employers Chelsea.

The likes of Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Michael Carrick, Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney were all returned to the first-team on Thursday for Europa League duty – and impressed in a comfortable 4-1 victory over Fenerbahce at Old Trafford.

Chelsea, though, will provide an entirely different test – especially at Stamford Bridge. With that in mind, Mourinho can be expected to put his faith in a tried and tested starting XI.

The back five have looked solid this season, and collected another clean sheet against Liverpool on Monday, while Paul Pogba was back to his buccaneering best on Thursday.

Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford will add pace and guile supporting Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with club captain Rooney once again having to make do with a spot on the bench.

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Luke Shaw sends Mourinho a Manchester United fitness update on Instagram

The Man Utd defender missed a huge chunk of last season after breaking his leg in the Champions League.

Luke Shaw has assured new Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho he will be raring to go for the new season.

The England left-back missed nine months of action after breaking his leg against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in September last year.

He was in contention for a surprise return in the FA Cup final but missed out - and was too late to make it into Roy Hodgson's England squad for France 2016.

But the 20-year-old is back in training and will use the summer months to make sure he is in top shape for the start of the Mourinho era.

And he used his Instagram account to say "I'll be ready" along side a photograph of him in United training gear.

He said recently: "Day by day I am getting better and fitter."

Louis van Gaal Delighted With Manchester United’s Response Against Everton

“My performances and lack of goals here over the years have disappointed me, but I’ve scored today and I’m glad to get the victory”.

Louis van Gaal says he is “very proud” of his Manchester United team after they were in superb form, beating Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon. “He is the best English player in English history and we are lucky to have him”, the Spaniard said about his teammate.

Rooney added the third when Herrera slid him through after a horrendous pass from Phil Jagielka, racing away before beating Tim Howard in the Everton goal.

Speaking to MUTV after the final whistle, van Gaal said, “I am very happy with the response of my players and I am very proud of the performance”.

“I have a lot of meetings, individual and team meetings, 10 or 15 between Wednesday and this match and then you have to decide who is playing because of the opponent and the state of your players”.

The Argentine, who at one point looked as though he had no future at United, played at left-back due to Luke Shaw’s long-term absence with a broken leg and performed extremely well.

Over the course of the 90 minutes at Goodison Park, hosts Everton had 47% of the possession, took 12 shots of which just three were on target, and earned five corners.

The loss was the Blues’ first since Man City won 2-0 at Goodison in late August and Galloway, who started that game, says their city rivals are the best team Everton have played this term.

“This was the way we had to react after Arsenal”.

The Belgian nearly closed down David de Gea when he was sold short by two backpasses in the first six minutes. We controlled the game and created chances.

The 20-year-old is expected to miss the majority of this season following the horrific double fracture he suffered against PSV Eindhoven last month.

Herrera was a 2014 signing from Athletic Bilbao but United bought two other central midfielders this summer, in Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger. When the club sign top players it is a challenge and you have to gain from it. “That is insane but now I think he shall score more”.