Latest team news: Pogba out, Herrera in
- Red Devils Advocate
- Apr 26, 2017
- 2 min read
Jose Mourinho has just confirmed that Antonio Valencia and Ander Herrera are fit for the derby but Paul Pogba hasn't recovered in time.
Valencia was rested over the weekend against Burnley in a game which saw Pogba suffer a hamstring injury in the dying minutes of the game.
We are only a point behind City in forth place and speaking of available players at his press conference, Mourinho said, “We go with what we have and we fight with what we have.
“I trust the boys and we go with everything we have until the last second of the season, we hope. We are fighters, the boys are fighters, and we go.”
We will displace City if we beat them tomorrow but Mourinho is not so concerned with just leapfrogging our rivals.
“It means nothing,” he said. “If we finish fifth and they finish sixth, it means nothing. If they finish third and we finish fourth, they are above us but it means a lot.
“This is not about Pep [Guardiola], this is not about City, this is about objectives and we want to try to play Champions League football. We still have two doors open.”
On Zlatan's recovery, the boss said "The future is a big surgery and a long period of recovering. But the future is also in the hands of a guy who is mentally very strong, who wrote immediately on social media that he will stop when he wants, not when people think."
"It looks for me that he’s not going to give up and he’s going to fight - I’m really pleased with that because this is the Zlatan I know. I told him, 'You have fought all your life since you were born.' I don’t see a reason not to fight now."
Paul Pogba will play no part in the Manchester Derby due to injury.
Did you know?
Paul Pogba (2,139) has made more passes than any other Premier League player this season, ahead of Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta (2,095) and Liverpool's Jordan Henderson (2,057). Ander Herrera (1,914) is also in the top five ahead of tomorrow's game.
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