Bilic: West Ham striker Fletcher has ‘everything’

The Germany global was ostracised by manager Jose Mourinho when he returned to pre-season training this summer.

United are toiling in the Premier League, where a run of four consecutive home draws has contributed to their worst start to a top-flight campaign since 1989.

“Everybody was happy”, Mourinho said. I was happy because when he was not training with the team he did it in a professional way.

“We can’t have a slow start against them because they are very good when they are one up”.

“He can help us. We have to keep working to be ready for the next game against Everton”.

Captain Wayne Rooney was also impressive but was ultimately frustrated in his quest to score the one goal needed to equal Sir Bobby Charlton’s United record of 249.

“Against Feyenoord, we could think “OK, it’s a different profile of football” but today was against a proper and a typical Premier League team and Mkhi could perform this way”.

When asked in Friday’s press conference if Schweinsteiger could stay at the club beyond January, Mourinho told reporters: “Of course he can”. You are the one that can decide your future.

“We have to focus on the next game and we’ll see what happens”.

“But he was the powerful one and made a decision to stay, even in hard circumstances”. The Red Devils have only won one of their last seven matches in the league.

The Hammers were guilty of making a number of defensive errors, with Dimitri Payet’s mistake in the build-up to Martial’s first goal in the 48th minute proving the most costly.

The France global scored twice against West Ham, having previously scored only two goals all season.

“I will not push anyone because nobody deserves that”, Mourinho said. We try to help each other and I try to help in the best way I can.

“I told them at half-time that it is not possible to stop playing so well because of a goal”.

“The injury is a pity”, Mourinho said of the unspecified issue. It was great for him.

The Swedish striker was injured while scoring the first goal but he continued to play and scored the team’s fourth goal late in the match.