Jose Mourinho is keen for his Manchester United stars to play a competitive game ahead of Saturday’s clash against Wigan Athletic.
Two of the Portuguese’s summer signings, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly, have been named in United’s XI for the match at the DW Stadium, while Luke Shaw makes his return from a broken leg he suffered last September.
“I want them to play. I want them to train against not their mates but against real opposition. That’s what I want,” Mourinho told MUTV.
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“I will play with 11 players in the first half and at half-time I’m going to make seven changes.
“I won’t do 11 because I want to keep the other three or four for the rest of the game.”
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