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Manchester United's Marcos Rojo: 'My relationship with Louis van Gaal is normal'

Marcos Rojo insists that his relationship with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is "normal" following rumours of a fallout.

Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo has opened up about his relationship with manager Louis van Gaal by describing it as "normal".

The Argentine was thought to have angered the Dutchman when passport issues prevented him from joining up with his teammates on their pre-season tour of the United States.

Van Gaal, who publicly revealed in September that Rojo had failed to inform him about a hamstring injury that he was carrying, did not play the defender in any of the club's first seven games of the season.

However, the 25-year-old has since returned to the team, starting the last six fixtures.

"It is normal, as with any other coach," ESPN quotes Rojo as saying. "I don't ask him why he includes me in a game when I play, so I don't have any right in asking him why I don't play when he decides that I don't have to do it. It's as simple as that.

"Van Gaal does the same as any coach in the world. He decides who plays according to what he sees during the week, he chooses the players that he sees in the best condition and we have to accept all the decisions that the coach takes."

Rojo joined United from Sporting Lisbon in the summer.

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Marcos Rojo in action for Manchester United on October 26, 2014
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