Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal insists Jonny Evans is in his plans.

Evans is available to face Everton on Sunday after serving his six-match suspension for spitting.

Asked to comment on Evans' absence, van Gaal admitted: "That's always frustrating but you cannot do anything about that. I have also said to my players that the decision to punish him was not according to my opinion because it was a natural spit and not a spit to a player. There is a difference between that.

"I have defended him and I still defend him, so I don't punish him. I also gave him holiday and then the players are saying to me: 'Oh, you're better spitting on the pitch and then you get a holiday!' So now I am the wrong man for the players."