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Will Rooney be back for Everton date?

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 13:40 IST

'It has been eight games now I have missed and I didn't realise it was that many. It has been frustrating'

Wayne Rooney

IMAGE: Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal shakes hands with Wayne Rooney. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Getty Images.

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has said he expects to make his first-team return from a knee ligament injury next month.

Rooney has been out for eight games and will miss England's upcoming friendlies against Germany (March 26) and Netherlands (March 29) but is eyeing a return for United's Premier League fixture against his former club Everton on April 3.

"My recovery is going as planned. I don't know for definite but (I should be back) after the international break," Rooney said as he attended the unveiling of United's partnership with Gulf Oil International on Monday.

"It has been eight games now I have missed and I didn't realise it was that many. It has been frustrating."

The 30-year-old striker said he would have plenty of time to prove his fitness ahead of England's Euro 2016 campaign in France which begins in June with Group B matches against Russia, Wales and Slovakia.

"There could be ten games left for United, plus the England (warm-up) games, so I don't think that (being fit for the Euro 2016) would be a worry."

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