The duo, who have both been out of action since December,
are unlikely to feature in Wednesday's Capital One Cup semi-final but are on
the verge of being available again.
Manchester United duo Robin van Persie and Marouane
Fellaini returned to first-team training on Tuesday as they continue their
much-anticipated return from injury, Goal can reveal.
Both players trained with the rest of the first-team
squad for all but the final part of Tuesday's session at the club's Carrington
training base as they near a return to action.
Van Persie has been sidelined for
over a month with a thigh injury, with the Netherlands international last
featuring for United in the Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on
December 10.
The 30-year-old worked with PSV Eindhoven fitness coach
Arno Philips in a bid to step-up his recovery, with Goal exclusively revealing
Van Persie returned to Manchester on January 9 after completing the two weeks
of specialist fitness work in Holland.
Former Everton midfielder Fellaini, meanwhile, underwent
wrist surgery towards the end of December and, despite initial fears that he
could be out of action for six weeks, has recovered ahead of schedule.
It is unlikely that Van Persie or Fellaini, who trained
without a cast on his wrist on Tuesday, will be available for Wednesday's
Capital One Cup semi-final second leg, with there being only an outside chance
that they will be named on the substitutes' bench.
Sunderland hold a 2-1 lead from the first leg ahead of
the meeting at Old Trafford although as reported by Goal earlier on Monday,
David Moyes is set to welcome back Wayne Rooney as United look to overturn the
deficit and book a Wembley date with Manchester City.
Culled from Goal
