Marcos Rojo, Paddy McNair and Luke Shaw are all currently sidelined and the Dutchman admits he will have to reshuffle his backline against Sunderland this weekend.
Manchester United will have to field a makeshift defense against Sunderland due to injury problems, manager Louis van Gaal has revealed.
Injuries to Marcos Rojo, Paddy McNair and Luke Shaw have severely diminished United's defensive ranks – while Phil Jones has just returned from a lengthy layoff.
"The left-footed players, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo, are injured, so I have a problem," said Van Gaal, whose side progressed to the fourth round of the League Cup with a comfortable 3-0 win over Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on Wednesday.