United confirmed on their website that Jones could miss up to a month of action, and Mourinho will now need to choose from Eric Bailly, Daley Blind and Chris Smalling to feature in Rotterdam instead.
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Jose Mourinho prepares for his European debut as Manchester United manager as the Red Devils face a tricky away tie against Feyenoord.
Feyenoord vs Manchester United is scheduled to kick off at 10:30 p.m. IST [Thursday] (6 p.m. BST, 1 p.m. EST) on September 15.
Feyenoord will this week play host to a visit from Manchester United in the Europa League, with both sides looking to make a winning start to the group stages. We want to play as many big games as possible.
The Europa League is for long considered as a relatively easier competition than the Champions League. “In the position he plays, I have lots of solutions”, he added.
“It is a competition where we are and that’s the reality”.
“This match is a good challenge for all of us”.
To find out how to watch a live stream of the Feyenoord vs. Manchester United UEFA Europa League opener, see the streaming links at the bottom of this article.
United were beaten 2-1 by Midtjylland under Louis van Gaal last season before hitting back to win the second leg and progress on aggregate.
The Dutch side do not have a great record against English opposition having won just one of their last seven meetings with Premier League opposition. Mourinho said the fans would not have forgotten the loss and that is something United should keep in mind before every encounter this season. “Perform and you play, it is as simple as that”. But since the beginning of the season until we get the fixtures, we didn’t get that privilege.
“The Europa League isn’t a competition United want to be in, it’s not the big dream of every big player”.
“We play at midday on Sunday, so I try to have a strong team here and a strong team on Sunday”. But my squad is good.
“I will keep doing the same the the manager wants me to play”. We have to make sure we are not sleeping. There is more reason to get a result tomorrow because if you go into the last game in December needing points to qualify it puts us in a more hard situation. They’ve shipped in 15 goals, while conceding only three and will surely be motivated against the Premier League side.
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Rooney’s role has come under renewed scrutiny in the aftermath of the Manchester derby last Saturday, when United lost 2-1 to Manchester City.
