Louis van Gaal has revealed Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's games against West Ham and Wolfsburg with a "nasty" ankle injury.
The England captain sustained the injury last weekend in United's draw with Leicester and now Van Gaal has revealed it is much worse than originally feared.
Speaking at his weekly press conference, Van Gaal said: "Wayne's is a nasty injury. When we go on, it's been getting worse. We have to let him train to make the ankle stronger, that's very important.
"I cannot say [how long he'll be out] because the doctor shall decide that with Wayne of course. He is training well in the rehabilitation."
United travel to Germany to play Wolfsburg in a key Champions League game on Tuesday and must win to be sure of reaching the knockout stages.
When asked if Rooney was likely to miss the game against Wolfsburg Van Gaal said: "Yes, I think so. His ankle is not good enough and we have to recover that ankle with a lot of strength. He has to do a lot of exercises to make it stronger."
Source: Skysports.
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