The recent signing of Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan may have put both Schweinsteiger and Januzaj as surplus to the Special One’s requirements at the Old Trafford next season.
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“No, I wouldn’t have rested six players… it’s more than half the team”, said Rooney.
However, Ibrahimovic, who moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer this summer after leaving Paris St Germain, is already looking forward to the arrival of the France global.
“The bruises!” the Englishman said quipped when asked what he remembers most from having trained with Paul Pogba.
Of the players who did travel, Mourinho gave a lot of them a chance to impress with the Portuguese making 11 changes in the second half against Galatasaray.
‘You didn’t even need to get into a tackle. You just needed to look at him to see how angry he was. The best goalkeeper I’ve come up against is Iker Casillas, he’s won everything you can in the game and is one of the best goalkeepers of all-time. Of course, Ibra did show glimpses of the things he can bring us.
The 30-year-old acknowledges he must regain his sharpness in front of goal after playing a more creative role last term, saying: “When he came to see me before [Euro 2016], I came away very happy. Bobby Charlton would have been a great player today and Wayne Rooney would have been a great player back then”. He went on to add, “I’m sure he’ll feel there is unfinished business, and it would be a very big statement by the club if they can make it happen”.
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New manager Jose Mourinho will no doubt looking for a huge improvement after the disappointments of last season.
Darmian, who has been linked with a move back to Serie A recently, has said that it is good to have competition in the squad as there are a lot of good players.
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United already boast four central midfielders in Michael Carrick, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marouane Fellaini and Ander Herrera, while Paul Pogba is expected to complete his protracted transfer this week. “You can see he wants to be a really important player for us”, the England global explained to the Daily Mail. The Englishman also spoke about his first training session with the former Manchester United player.
