Jose Mourinho insists he will
not stand in the way of any player who wants to
leave Manchester United in January as long as
the club receive a suitable offer.
A year ago United sold Morgan Schneiderlin to
Everton and Memphis Depay to Lyon for a
combined £37 million after both fell out of favour
during Mourinho's first season at Old Trafford.
The United manager says he has not ruled out
making signings next month, but also insists
players can leave if another club stumps up the
cash.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is among those struggling to
get into Mourinho's team after failing to even
make the bench in seven of the last eight games.
Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian and Daley Blind are
also on the fringes of the squad while Marouane
Fellaini has only six months left on his contract.
Mourinho told a news conference on Friday: "I
think for the right price. That's my approach as a
manager.
"I think every player has a price. If a player is not
happy, if a player brings with him the request
with the number that we consider a good number
for us -- like with Memphis and Morgan -- I
would never say no." One player definitely staying
at Old Trafford is Romelu Lukaku."
The Belgium international has scored two goals in
his last three games following a run of one in 12
but refused to celebrate after finding the net in
the 1-0 win over Bournemouth on Wednesday.
The striker is set to line up against West Brom on
Sunday after scoring a hat trick against United at
the Hawthorns in the same fixture in 2013.
Mourinho said: "I didn't celebrate either. I don't
celebrate goals in a very enthusiastic way.
"If you score a goal in the last minute that gives
you the victory in the last minute then yes you
lose your balance and you don't control your
emotion.
"You react in an emotional way. But it's quite
difficult for myself in this moment to celebrate a
goal in a super enthusiastic way.
"I control my emotions. After that goal there is a
long time to go and anything can happen in
football.
"I'm not acting to the cameras or the fans.
Romelu scores goals quite regularly. Maybe next
time -- and I mean one of the future matches --
he scores a goal that he feels with a different
emotion."
United will hope to cut Manchester City's 11-
point lead at the top of the Premier League table
this weekend when they face Alan Pardew's team
24 hours after Pep Guardiola's side host
Tottenham.
Mourinho's team bounced back from their defeat
to City with victory over Bournemouth at Old
Trafford in midweek, but the 54-year-old rejected
the idea it had been hard to lift the players after
the derby.
"No, no," he said. "The next day after City the
place was normal as I like it to be. I like balance.
I don't like a circus when you win and you're
happy.
"I don't like a sad place when you lose and you're
not happy. I like an emotional balance and that's
what I found here. Bournemouth was a difficult
match and we coped with it, we did our work.
Back to normality."
Mourinho has until 6 p.m. on Monday to explain
to the Football Association comments made
before the derby that City commit "tactical fouls."
The Portuguese coach was asked at his news
conference on Friday whether the prospect of an
FA charge had put him in a position where he
cannot say anything at all before games.
And although he hinted he thought that was the
case he said, in the circumstances, it was best
not to answer.
He added: "I don't answer to your question. As
you can imagine, I don't answer your question. If
I was a journalist I would write about it. I cannot
tell you what I would write or I would expect you
to write."
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