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Louis van Gaal has named an 18-man travelling squad for Manchester United’s Europa League match against FC Midtjylland in Denmark on Thursday night.

Wayne Rooney is a notable absentee from the flight to Herning and the manager is expected to confirm why his captain has not made the trip during his pre-match press conference at 17:00 GMT. You can follow updates from that in ManUtd.com's live blog and the club's official Twitter account @ManUtd.

Matteo Darmian is also not involved, as expected, after dislocating his shoulder during the 2-1 Barclays Premier League defeat against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light at the weekend.

There are a selection of youngsters on the plane with Donald Love on board following his first-team debut against the Black Cats. Will Keane and three players who could make their first senior appearance - Regan Poole, Joe Riley and James Weir - are also part of the squad.

TRAVELLING SQUAD TO FACE FC MIDTJYLLAND

De Gea, Romero, Love, McNair, Smalling, Blind, Poole, Riley, Carrick, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Pereira, Weir, Mata, Memphis, Martial, Keane.