But Carrick says none of them compare to his old midfield partner Scholes, telling talkSPORT’s Sam Matterface: “He was something else”.
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With United still battling on those two fronts, as well as chasing the Champions League places, Mourinho admitted he is planning for all three games at the same time and hinted he may leave players out for some games with an eye on the next one.
“I think I’ve been out for three weeks so, even if I trained two days before the [EFL Cup final] game, which I did, I didn’t expect to be involved”.
The 21-year-old has struggled to win Mourinho over but the England global was in his plans for Saturday’s visit of Bournemouth.
Indeed, his last appearance in a United shirt came at the end of January in the FA Cup win over Wigan, and the one before that at the end of November in the EFL Cup against West Ham.
Jose Mourinho was well prepared for every talking point ahead of Saturday’s visit of Bournemouth. It doesn’t look like it but the reality is that [Daley] Blind, Shaw, [Marcos] Rojo, Darmian are all playing left back and can play there.
“The next transfer window will bring us to a different level because I will bring in a few players”.
“Because of his age, his physicality, his intensity, his aggressiveness and his ability going forward – he can be the best”.
Paul Ince has urged Manchester United to ensure Zlatan Ibrahimovic remains at Old Trafford for another season. Bournemouth like to play possession soccer but they won’t be able to do that too freely against United, so they will have to rely on their counter-attack to provide goalscoring opportunities.
“Luke has to wait for his chance, he has to work better and better, knowing that I give nothing for free”.
His hat-trick saw off Saint-Etienne in the Europa League last-32 and nabbed the victor against Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round. So people are quite happy to have me around and to work with me.
“I probably would say yes – that would be it if I left in the summer”. Bournemouth couldn’t take advantage of an early Josh King, 25, penalty when going down 2-1 at West Brom last Saturday and they have now leaked a troubling 23 goals in eight games.
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