Manchester United supervisor Jose Mourinho has said it looks bad for his striker Marcus Rashford to play for England’s Under-21 group in June’s European Championship, as the young person had transcended that level.
In spite of Rashford breaking into the full England squad, national group chief Gareth Southgate has said he might want to have the 19-year-old at the adolescent competition in Poland.
However, confronted with developing damage list, Mourinho said he wouldn’t like to see Rashford playing at age-gather level.
“I just feel that when a player reaches a certain level, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to drop levels,” he said.
“It’s like him going to play now in the (United) Under-23s to win, let’s say, a derby against Man City. No. (Academy coach) Nicky Butt doesn’t take him to play that game. He could, by age,” added the United boss.
United lost striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to a knee injury during Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final win over Anderlecht but Mourinho said Rashford “cannot play every game”.
French striker Anthony Martial, as of late tested to enhance his approach by Mourinho, traded Ibrahimovic for additional time on Thursday and could now be given a greater opportunity to assert some authority.
Mourinho utilized Jesse Lingard in assault with Rashford, to great impact, amid Sunday’s Premier League prevail upon Chelsea at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney, who has been sidelined with different damage issues as of late, could be prepared to make an arrival for Sunday’s visit to Burnley.
“He (Rooney) has a good mentality, he is a fighter, he is a strong man, even if he is not in the best condition, even if he is not in the level of sharpness that you need to play high-level football,” Mourinho said.
“But he has the experience and character, so he has to. Now we need absolutely everyone,” he added.
Mourinho has more serious issues at the back where knee damage, additionally endured against Anderlecht, to Argentine safeguard Marcos Rojo, abandons him with couple of choices.
“We’re in trouble. In this moment, Eric Bailly played six matches in a row, and we lost Marcos Rojo, we don’t have (Phil) Jones or (Chris) Smalling. We are in trouble.”
Daley Blind ventured in nearby Bailly on Thursday however Mourinho additionally encouraged English protectors Jones and Smalling to accelerate their arrival from wounds.
