Manchester United duo Marcos Rojo and Antonio Valencia return to training

Manchester United have received a much-needed injury boost after Marcos Rojo and Antonio Valencia returned to training with the first-team.

Rojo has not played in over two months due to a dislocated shoulder while Valencia has been sidelined since October's Manchester derby with a foot injury.

Louis van Gaal was hopeful the pair would return this month and, with a number of defenders still injured, the South American pair could be in contention for tomorrow night's Europa League round-of-32 second leg against Midtjylland.

According to Manchester Evening News, Adnan Januzaj was also back in training, however he is cup-tied for the visit of Midtjylland. Under-21s striker Marcus Rashford also trained with the senior side and could be on the bench for the European tie.

Despite the South American duo's potential availability, Chris Smalling, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, David de Gea, Matteo Darmian, Wayne Rooney, Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones, Ashley Youing, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sam Johnstone, Will Keane and Luke Shaw were absent for this morning's training session at Carrington.

Borthwick-Jackson was withdrawn at half-time in Monday night's FA Cup win over Shrewsbury but Smalling completed the full 90. Keane is out of the Midtjylland return tie with a groin injury.

 Source: Manchester Evining News