But such context is too easily sacrificed at the altars of clicks and retweets, and the underlying conclusion is that United will be better off without Rooney in the team. In a poll by fanzine Red Issue Sanctuary, 99 per cent wanted him dropped.
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“But at the same time, we want to cause that upset, we want to upset his dressing room, get in their players’ faces and show what we can do as players”.
Manchester United are not expected to make any new signings during the January transfer window, according to the Manchester Evening News.
“Not on yesterday’s performance, it is fair to say”.
Mourinho seemed to lose the dressing room at Chelsea at the end of his reign last season, and his attack on Shaw may have alarm bells ringing around Old Trafford, particularly on the back of three consecutive defeats.
“I think in football there are many jobs, there are many jobs on the field, I think the one that is most hard to find is the guy who puts the ball in the net”, the United boss explained shortly after his appointment at the club, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Rooney, 30, was rested for last Thursday’s trip to Feyenoord, but he has started all of United’s other games under Mourinho.
Louis Van Gaal, who has been managing the players after joining in 2014, might be another possible factor in this equation.
“I can take him out”. I think that’s the position the two players should be competing for. The Manchester native also made it on the England National team for Euro 2016, under manager Roy Hodgson.
Mourinho previously said he meant to use Rooney as an attacker, rather than a midfielder.
There was an element of mystery over why Sunderland defender Patrick van Aanholt never even started the game, having been removed from the starting lineup during the warmup and replaced by Jason Denayer.
Mourinho was visibly upset with Shaw, whom he substituted immediately after his side fell behind in the second half.
A “highlights” video flagging up his sloppy touches and wayward passing circulated widely on social media.
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But the Premier League is full of surprise – Leicester City proved that last season – and things haven’t been quite so rosy since. He could replace him with Henrikh Mkhitaryan or Juan Mata, both of whom can influence the game better than Rooney.
