Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho revealed recently that he regrets not having the ability to give all his players at the club chances to prove themselves since his arrival at the Old Trafford last summer.
When he took the baton from the hands of Louis Van Gaal, the Portuguese tactician didn’t only implement his own unique style of play but also bring in new signings like Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba.
With everything changed in the squad, players such as Ashley Young and Depay who features regularly under Van Gaal, are now being ignored on the bench.
However, while talking about this issue, Mourinho insisted he felt bad for not giving the players a real chance to impress.
“I still have some bad feelings towards myself because I didn’t give a real chance to everyone, there are some positions in our squad where we have overbooked,” he said.
“The attacking wing positions we have not just a few wingers but also people who can play there: we can add (Marcus) Rashford and (Wayne) Rooney to players like (Jesse) Lingard, (Juan) Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Memphis Depay, (Anthony) Martial and Ashley Young.
“To be honest, people like Young and Depay, I didn’t really give them a run of matches to play, to prove. So I have this little bad feeling.”
Under the self-acclaimed Special One, the duo of Memphis and Young have been featured just four and five times respectively as both suffered lesser roles under Mourinho.
Nevertheless, this is football. Since there are more players in the side and more competition for a place in the starting XI, the only way a player can break even is to work very hard for his role.
