Jose Mourinho: "I already know my team for Europa final"
- Old Trafford Whisperer
- May 15, 2017
- 2 min read
Jose Mourinho claims he has already made his mind up on who will face Ajax Amsterdam in the Europa League final next week.
Revealing that players have to be rested in the build up to the highly anticipated final, although we still have two Premier League games left.
In fact, according to the boss Daley Blind has to be rested especially after his recent run of matches with Rojo and Shaw still out and Bailly suspended.
"The most important thing for us is no injuries and some people having a proper rest. "Blind had to play 90 minutes, but the next match is for Blind to rest and we have to go like this, step by step, to rest people."
With players keen to impress ahead of the final, the boss is open to picking whoever impresses most in the remaining two matches.
"I will analyse the individual performances of the players and try to understand who can give me a little bit more for the final.
"Of course I have in my mind already what I think is going to be the team, but the players can influence decisions with positive or negative performances."
Despite our top four hopes being ended at White Hart Lane, the boss insists qualifying to the Champions League by lifting the Europa League is more appealing than finishing trophy-less in a good position in the table.
Jose: "All I'm thinking about is the final [vs. Ajax]."
"I don't know other clubs, I don't know the way they think, I don't know what is important for them, but we, Manchester United, feel it is more important to win trophies than to finish in the top four.
"We know what we are doing and if we can win a third trophy [after the Community Shield and the EFL Cup] it would be magnificent for us because we know that it's a big objective.
"We know that if we lose the final we won't play in the Champions League next season. We know that, but we fight for trophies and probably other clubs finishing in the top four would like to be in our position to try and fight for the trophy."
Jose Mourinho is on course to lift his second major trophy in his first season with the club, no other manager has managed that.
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