Jose Discusses Derby Preparation

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed how the current international break will affect the preparation for his squad's next assignment - the eagerly-awaited clash with Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday 10 September.

The Reds are on a high after the valuable 1-0 away triumph at Hull City, secured with Marcus Rashford's injury-time winner, but as Mourinho admitted in an exclusive interview with MUTV, plans for the derby are bound to be affected by the international schedule.

"We keep eight outfield players and Sam Johnstone as the goalkeeper [for training]," reported Mourinho.

"We are going to lose the others and we don't know the way they train, the way they recover, the life they are going to have with their national teams.

"Some are coming back on the Monday before the Manchester City match but some are coming back on Friday. The day before Man City, we will still have Sergio Romero, Marcos Rojo and Antonio Valencia arriving.

"It will be a complicated process but we know it is like this when we have these players. And I would love all of the players to go because it would mean that everybody is being selected for their national teams."

Mourinho also explained Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be given extra time off following his decision to retire from representing Sweden.

"I give the other guys, who are not selected for the national teams, two days off," he said. "And I give four days to Zlatan. At 34 years old, you need to rest."