Latest Team News For Stoke Clash

Jose Mourinho says Phil Jones will definitely miss Manchester United's clash with Stoke City on Sunday, but he hopes both Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Luke Shaw could be available.

The Reds boss confirmed Jones still faces "more weeks" on the sidelines as he recovers from a knee injury, while Mkhitaryan has been training with the first team this week and Shaw is bidding to overcome illness.

"Phil Jones is the only one with an important injury and definitely out for more weeks to come," explained the manager at his pre-match press conference, conducted at the end of Thursday's win over Zorya Luhansk. "Micki is training now with the team. Luke is ill but hopefully he will train with the team too [on Friday]. We are fine in terms of our condition."

Mourinho also revealed that Tim Fosu-Mensah was forced off with a knock in United's Europa League victory which meant he was unable to give winger Memphis Depay the time on the pitch he had planned.

"Every game I know more about my players, especially the ones that are on the pitch. Obviously I would like to have other players playing more so I can see more and learn more about them," explained the boss, when asked whether the tough fixtures in October will tell him more about his playing staff.

"I had in my mind to give Memphis 20-25 minutes [on Thursday night], but I couldn’t with the way I had to make the changes and the problem with Tim Fosu-Mensah meant I had to play a right-back [Ashley Young]. But we need the squad, that’s for sure."