Good afternoon! Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is due to speak to reporters in the next 15 minutes as his side prepare to face Leicester City this weekend.

After a difficult start to the season, the club's form finally seemed to have turned around last weekend when they cruised to victory over Queens Park Rangers, and will be hoping for more of the same this week with a trip to another of the newly-promoted sides.

Unlike many of the sides currently above them in the table, United head into this match after a week of, with no European competition involvement this season. Van Gaal also has no midweek fixture to prepare for this coming week, when many of the top flight sides are in action in the League Cup.

While United currently have quite a light run of fixtures, they have a tricky run coming up next month, with matches against Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal all in the space of just over three weeks, so Van Gaal will be keen to get as many points on the board as possible before then.

Don't forget, we'll have live coverage from the match on Sunday, as well as reaction, analysis and player ratings after the match.

The manager is ready to talk to reporters, so let's see what he has to say this week...

Van Gaal begins by saying that he believes the clubs fans "shall enjoy themselves" watching the team this season, adding: "I started with another system. Now we have bought players in and you have to look at their qualities."

The manager is asked why Adnan Januzaj has not been more involved this season. He responds: "Januzaj has to compete with other players, you cannot play 15 players. When we play 4-3-3 Januzaj will get more opportunities."

There has been speculation that Cristiano Ronaldo could return to Old Trafford in the future, but Van Gaal does not believe that Real Madrid will sell the Portuguese playmaker: "It's always a discussion in the papers and I don't think the media shall buy Ronaldo. When it is possible, what I said with Falcao, players like Ronaldo give a lot extra to selection or to a team, but I don't think Real Madrid shall sell him."

When asked about certain players being involved in the starting lineup more than others, Van Gaal reveals: "Only the captain has privileges. Blackett is maybe the surprising one but he's doing very well. I don't think any player is fixed."

Sticking with player selection, Van Gaal admits that he has more strikers than he can use: "Falcao is a very good striker and I like van Persie. Then we have Rooney, Januzaj and Wilson. We have five players for two positions. Januzaj has to compete with very strong strikers."

Having listed nine injured players for the last couple of weeks, Van Gaal is pleased when he's asked about injuries this week: "I'm very happy you asked me that question, I only have six injuries now. Smalling is back."

That's it from Van Gaal this week, as the Dutchman returns to continue his preparations for the match. Thanks for joining me this afternoon, and don't forget to come back to find out if United can make it back-to-back wins on Sunday. Until then, goodbye.