"Rooney, Rashford, Lingard, Ashley Young, Memphis Depay... that’s a position where we have lots of players so that will not be another problem, to chose a player to play."
Whether it was a deliberate slip of the tongue or not, Juan Mata's name was not the first to come to Jose Mourinho's mind when he was pressed on potential replacements for Henrikh Mkhitaryan on Monday.
The Armenian wide man has been a revelation over the past couple of weeks but the ankle injury he sustained in the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday means Mourinho will have to choose between his multitude of options in attacking midfield slots for Wednesday's trip to Crystal Palace.
The Armenian wide man has been a revelation over the past couple of weeks but the ankle injury he sustained in the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday means Mourinho will have to choose between his multitude of options in attacking midfield slots for Wednesday's trip to Crystal Palace.
And only a few weeks on from being stand-in skipper and a near shoo-in for a starting shirt, Mata now finds himself looking to overcome the odds to cement a future for himself at Old Trafford.
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