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Man United: Mourinho opens up on Schweinsteiger stance

The Red Devils boss told reporters: “We have 23 players in squad”. So that’s not a problem for us.

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‘We have a decision completely made about (Paul) Pogba, (Ander) Herrera, (Morgan) Schneiderlin, (Marouane) Fellaini, Michael Carrick.

The 32-year-old Schweinsteiger, who announced his retirement from worldwide football last month, is yet to make a first team appearance this season and has been training with the club’s reserves. I’ve done that throughout my career.

However, Mourinho didnÆt rule out the GermanÆs chances completely saying, oI’m not saying it’s impossible. “If we can do that, I’m sure we can have a very good season”.

“We, as players, have to adapt to what the manager wants us to do in our preparations throughout the week and, on matchdays, we try to take the game plan of the manager onto the pitch”.

The 32-year-old midfielder looks set to stay on the sidelines in Manchester, and Mourinho has questioned why Rummenigge hasn’t returned to Manchester to bring Schweinsteiger back to Bayern. It’s very, very hard that an opportunity will arrive.

Manchester United had a disappointing show last season as they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the second time in three seasons. I’m quite surprised [Bayern chief executive] Karl-Heinze Rummennigge is not here to take him back.

“If we have any kind of problem or opportunity, I have a few young players in the academy, and I will be more than happy to accelerate their development by bringing them up”. Some players react in a different way and have different kinds of decisions.

“I think we are going to have a very quiet week in the transfer window, not surrounded by helicopters waiting for people to arrive and leave”.

“Bastian is not speaking a lot, apart from the one statement he has made. He is free to do that in an objective and polite way like he did”.

“I love Andreas Pereira, I’d love to have him in my squad but he’s going to Granada to play”.

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“More than that, there are good things in the team – things maybe more hard for you or fans to look at, but things I know we are working on and are trying to change and improve”.

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