West Brom skipper Chris Brunt could be fit to face Manchester United on Monday despite injuring his groin on international duty.

MATCH PREVIEW

"Judge me after three months," announced Louis van Gaal when he arrived at Old Trafford with Brazilian sand still between his toes from the World Cup.

Those three months have passed. Only three competitive games have been won. As honeymoons go it has been tough; a large transfer dowry has been badly needed.

While many observers have indeed presented their own 'Three-month LVG report cards', you could argue that a glance at United's fixture listsuggests the next month will give a much better indication as to how the Dutchman should be judged.

After The Hawthorns, three of the next four assignments for United are against Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal. All three will be judgement days of their own.

United spent the international break inside the Premier League top four - occupying a Champions League qualifying spot for the first time in more than a year.

Victory at West Brom would mean a first away win in the job for Van Gaal, who has so far travelled to Sunderland, MK Dons, Burnley and, most recently, Leicester without success.

The Hawthorns will not be an easy destination. Alan Irvine's side have only lost once in their five home fixtures. The Baggies have won their past two in front of their own fans, most recently beating Burnley 4-0.

United fans will remember Saido Berahino announcing himself at the top level just over a year ago by scoring in successive games against Arsenaland at Old Trafford.

He was barely a month out of his teens at the time and only managed a further four league goals by the end of the campaign.

A year wiser, Berahino has scored more goals for West Brom this season than all of his team-mates combined.

It can take time to settle in - sometimes more than three months - whether you are a young English striker or an old Dutch master.