{"id":2354,"date":"2019-02-28T10:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/mkhitaryan-absence-gives-rooney-hope-of-efl-cup-final-start-admits-mourinho\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:46:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:46:28","slug":"mkhitaryan-absence-gives-rooney-hope-of-efl-cup-final-start-admits-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"Mkhitaryan absence gives Rooney hope of EFL Cup final start, admits Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> The United skipper could be a surprise inclusion in the the Red Devils starting XI to face Southampton at Wembley this weekend <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After a week of intense speculation linking him with a move to the Chinese Super League, Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney could yet start the EFL Cup final against Southampton on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t do a Martial! Why Mbappe must stay<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old England forward, skipper for both club and country, had been tipped in many quarters to leave the Premier League ahead of the transfer window closing in China on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Editors&#039; Picks<\/h3>\n<p>    Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea &amp; Pedro impress in Spurs win    Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show    Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over    Man City monitoring Barcelona &amp; Chelsea target Jovic    <\/p><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<p>He reiterated his commitment to United in a statement on Thursday and, with fellow attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan ruled out due to injury, the club&#8217;s record goalscorer might find himself in the starting XI at Wembley Stadium, despite having fallen down the pecking order under Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to make a decision,&#8221; the Portuguese manager told a news conference when quizzed on Rooney&#8217;s possible inclusion from kick-off.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know that we normally play two different systems. Sometimes we play with two midfield players and a number 10. Sometimes we play with a number six and two midfield players in front.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Medel urges Alexis to join Inter<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without Mkhitaryan, if we want to play with a number 10, obviously Wayne, this is his position. This is where he was playing many matches with us. So he is an option for me. A final is a special match and he&#8217;s an option for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United skipper could be a surprise inclusion in the the Red Devils starting XI to face Southampton at Wembley this weekend After a week of intense speculation linking him with a move to the Chinese Super League, Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney could yet start the EFL Cup final against Southampton on Sunday. Don&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=2354\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mkhitaryan absence gives Rooney hope of EFL Cup final start, admits Mourinho&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}