Mourinho discusses Man Utd sales plan

Jose Mourinho has instsed he will not "push anyone" out the Old Trafford exit door in January despite several first team squad members having bleak futures.

Big-money signings Memphis Depay, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin and Ashley Young all failed to even make the bench for Wednesday's EFL Cup victory over West Ham and speculation has been rife that the first two in particular could be sold in January.

Despite coming on as a substitute to see action for the first time since March, Bastian Schweinsteiger is also tipped to be on the list of players surplus to requirements although the Manchester United manager said the German could have a future at the club.

With the 20-time league champions expected to add at list one player to the squad in the January transfer window, departures are expected but Mourinho insists he's not actively looking to get rid of anyone.

“I will not push anyone because nobody deserves that,” he said. “The way they work, they don’t deserve that.

“On Wednesday I was in the hotel and my assistants came here to train the group of five who were not selected and stayed here.

“They told me what I expected – amazing effort, amazing commitment, amazing professionalism.

“Depay, Ashley Young, (Marouane) Fellaini – the people (that) stay here were fantastic, so it hurts me not to select them.

“You see that sometimes I do a little bit of rotation. One day I play one, another day I leave one at home, then put one on the bench.

“Nobody deserves to be pushed, for me to say ‘it’s better for you to leave’.

“But I will have to understand that frustration is something that comes to the players now and again in certain moments of their careers and seasons.

“Frustration is something that arrives and we will analyse it if anyone who shows me that frustration has a desire to leave.

“But, for me, it’s very comfortable to have all of them. But it hurts me."

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