Mourinho exclaimed, explaining why Mkhitaryan was eliminated
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho is annoyed at the question of why he rejected Henrik Mkhitaryan at Newcastle last weekend.
At the match against Newcastle, Henrik Mkhitaryan was unexpectedly knocked out of Man Utd's registration list despite having repeatedly been cornered earlier.
This has led British media to speculate Mkhitaryan has lost Mourinho's confidence and is at risk of bouncing off United. The rumors are more grounded when the Armenian star appeared in the "lonely" photo at the Reds training ground.
In the pre-match press conference with Basel, coach Mourinho received a series of questions about Mkhitaryan. He was rather annoyed and claimed that the media always made the stories of Man Utd.
"You always have a question why when someone is not playing or is not in the best form," Mourinho said. Why do not you ask about Martial or Smalling? "
"There is always a question of someone at a certain time, in a certain match they do not play. The story is always the same. In some places, when you do not lose a person because of injury, you will have many options available. At the moment, we have Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay in the middle of the pitch. So, I can imagine you would ask again why this player is not playing next week. "
"Micki has no name because we have a lot of options for that game. I decided to use Martial and Rashford at the same time. Some weeks ago, you asked me why I did not use them at the same time and now you ask why Mkhitaryan is not playing. "
"The answer is very simple. As long as the international football rules change, I still only use 11 starting players. "
At the match against Newcastle, Henrik Mkhitaryan was unexpectedly knocked out of Man Utd's registration list despite having repeatedly been cornered earlier.
This has led British media to speculate Mkhitaryan has lost Mourinho's confidence and is at risk of bouncing off United. The rumors are more grounded when the Armenian star appeared in the "lonely" photo at the Reds training ground.
In the pre-match press conference with Basel, coach Mourinho received a series of questions about Mkhitaryan. He was rather annoyed and claimed that the media always made the stories of Man Utd.
"You always have a question why when someone is not playing or is not in the best form," Mourinho said. Why do not you ask about Martial or Smalling? "
"There is always a question of someone at a certain time, in a certain match they do not play. The story is always the same. In some places, when you do not lose a person because of injury, you will have many options available. At the moment, we have Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay in the middle of the pitch. So, I can imagine you would ask again why this player is not playing next week. "
"Micki has no name because we have a lot of options for that game. I decided to use Martial and Rashford at the same time. Some weeks ago, you asked me why I did not use them at the same time and now you ask why Mkhitaryan is not playing. "
"The answer is very simple. As long as the international football rules change, I still only use 11 starting players. "
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