Marouane Fellaini is confident he is in Louis van Gaal's plans at Manchester United.

This season has seen Fellaini play a starring role under Van Gaal, however, as United have recorded six successive wins to move up to third.

"Some of the newspapers said that Van Gaal didn't want me, but I knew the truth," the 27-year-old told The Times. "When he spoke to me he told me that he wanted me to show him that I could play.

"That was it. After that, I showed myself in training and then I started to play."