Mourinho: Mkhitaryan is super football player

Mkhitaryan is a super football player and will give us a lot during the season, said Manchester United (England) manager José Mourinho.

Journalists had asked the Portuguese specialist why the Armenia national squad captain, midfielder, and Man United newcomer was getting little playing time.

“I was reading the game against Leicester and I felt that we needed the speed of Jesse Lingard and, in the game against Bournemouth, that [Juan] Mata would help guard against their pressing really high,” the English club’s website quoted Mourinho as saying. “I decided to play [Wayne] Rooney in both games, close to Zlatan [Ibrahimović], and I didn’t start with Micki [i.e. Mkhitaryan].

“When some managers buy players, they feel they have to protect their choices by playing the player all the time – I am not like this. Before me, comes the team and what I think is best for the team.

“I keep saying the same thing, though, that Mkhitaryan is a super football player and will give us a lot during the season.”