Daley Blind Injury: Updates on Manchester United Star's Knee and Return

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal finally has Daley Blind healthy again as the United star returned on Jan. 11.

Continue for updates.

Sunday, Jan. 11

Blind Returns vs. Southampton

Manchester United confirmed Blind's role for today's match:

Friday, Jan. 9

Blind Returns to Practice 

According to Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal, Daley Blind has returned to training:

Sunday, Jan. 4

Blind Unavailable for FA Cup Action

Thursday, Jan. 1

Blind Out vs. Stoke

Manchester United's official Twitter feed confirmed that Blind missed the team's New Years Day clash with Stoke:

Sunday, Dec. 28

Blind Remains Unfit to Return

Manchester United confirmed Blind was unavailable to play today vs. Tottenham:

Thursday, Nov. 20

Louis Van Gaal Updates Blind's Status

Manchester United's official Twitter feed and ESPN FC provide updates on Blind's status, following initial claims that he might be out for six months:

Jamie Jackson of The Guardian added more from Van Gaal:

Tuesday, Nov. 18

United Hoping for Four-Week Blind Absence

Blind will undergo further tests on Tuesday, but United are growing increasingly confident that the midfielder's recovery time will be closer to one month—rather than two. Chris McKenna of the Daily Star reports:

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He is due for further scans today and it is believed that he has a tear on his medial ligament.

That is not as bad as first feared and United hope he could now be back inside four weeks.

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Monday, Nov. 17

Blind to Undergo MRI

Dutch Football updated Daley Blind's status after suffering a knee injury:

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Daley Blind will undergo an MRI scan tomorrow in Manchester before the full extent of his injury will be revealed.

— Dutch Football (@football_oranje) November 17, 2014"

Sunday, Nov. 16

Blind Injures Knee, Doubtful for Arsenal Match

The Daily Mail's Adam Shergold reports that Van Gaal's midfielder and former Oranje charge is now a "major doubt" for the Red Devils' trip to Arsenal on Saturday.

"The midfielder collided with Eduards Visnakovs in the 20th minute and took a hefty blow to the knee. He was able to walk gingerly after the incident but wasn’t able to continue and was replaced by Jordy Clasie."

Peter Dejong/Associated Press

Neil Custis of The Sun reported more on Blind's status following the match:

Dutch television, however, reported a different timeline, via ESPN FC: