Louis van Gaal: Robin van Persie will be 100% fit for the World Cup

Louis van Gaal says Robin van Persie will be 100% during the World Cup

Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has insisted that star forward Robin van Persie will be fit for the World Cup, despite suffering numerous injuries throughout the season for Manchester United.

Van Persie has failed to build on the impression he made in his first season at Manchester United and the Dutchman was constantly in and out of the side with various problems.

Van Persie missed six weeks of action towards the end of United’s campaign and only played in their final three Premier League games. The 30-year-old was also troubled with thigh problems during David Moyes’ ill-fated tenure and he failed to hit the ground running in the short spells he did return in.

However, the former Arsenal man is back in action and has netted for the national side in recent friendlies against Ecuador and Ghana. van Gaal, who will be van Persie’s new manager at Manchester United this summer and is said to have a “special relationship” with the striker, has insisted that the lethal striker will be raring to go come the first game of the prestigious tournament.

Van Gaal told reporters: He is not 100 per cent, but we have two weeks to go. I think he will be 100 per cent.

“He is coming out of injury but we built him already up in our federation, our medical department.

“So we could control him, he has worked very hard.

“Then he played two matches of 20 or 30 minutes and the last match 70 minutes.

“We did not expect that as the injury was bad.”