Mourinho Promises To Give Rashford Chance

Jose Mourinho has insisted that Rashford remains an integral part of the team, despite the addition of Alexis Sanchez.

Mourinho now has a plethora of attackers in his arsenal. With Lukaku, Martial, Mata and Lingard fighting for spots.

With the addition of Sanchez, Rashford’s starting berth comes under concern and Mourinho has promised to give him a chance.

“Marcus’ story is quite interesting because he started playing with Mr [Louis] Van Gaal, when the team was really in trouble, to have options,” said Mourinho.

“Then the monster that kills the little kids arrived, but he plays every game since then. He plays every game, starting or coming from the bench, as a striker, as a left winger, as a right winger. Then he goes to the national team.

“The kid is having a hell of an experience at every level, so an amazing future waits for him and being surrounded by these players can only help him. But the whole story of Marcus — will he get minutes and matches? — that story is really old, because he’s a very important player for us.”

Mourinho added: “In attack, it’s difficult for us to improve. Where are we going to get a better combination of players than we have? We cannot buy Lionel Messi, we cannot buy Cristiano Ronaldo – these are the best players of the last decade.

“Where can we get better players than Mata, Martial, Lingard, Rashford, Alexis, Lukaku? In attack, we have an amazing group of players.”