Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has debunked circulating reports that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was omitted from the squad that prosecuted the match against Newcastle because of an altercation between them. The Manager who stated this on Wednesday at a press conference ahead of Champions League clash against Basel said his omission was purely because of form. He explained that since more players are fit and ready to play in the same position, some player would have to give way.
According to him'
"The story is always the same. In some positions, when you don't have injuries, you have lots of options in other positions. In this moment, we have Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay.
So I can imagine, next week, you are going to ask - why is this player not playing? Micki is not playing because we had lots of options for that match. I decided to play Marcus Rashford and Martial together.
For many weeks, the question was - why do they not play together? Now, the question is why is Micki not playing. The answer is very simple - until the international board changes the rules, I can only start with 11!"
