EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney will miss the English club’s Champions League group match opener at PSV Eindhoven today with new summer signing Memphis Depay looking to spark at his former club.
Rooney picked up a hamstring injury training ahead of Saturday’s 3-1 win over Liverpool and will not be rushed back by manager Louis van Gaal for the European group stage opener.
United make their return to the Champions League away to PSV in a clash which will see Dutch winger Depay return to the club he left in the summer for STG25 million ($A54.47 million).
Depay has struggled since his arrival in United with French teenager Anthony Martial’s goalscoring debut against Liverpool on Saturday distracting from the 21-year-old’s struggles.
Depay should get a warm reception in the Philips Stadion having helped PSV to a first title win in seven years last season.
The forward was the Dutch league’s top scorer with 22 goals, but United fans are yet to see the same form of a player that shone for PSV and the Netherlands at the World Cup.
