Schweinsteiger has the power: Mourinho

Juan Mata, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial are the candidates to lead United’s attack this weekend.

At least midfielders Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini are available to return after completing one-match suspensions of their own.

United have started to find their feet in the Premier League, however, having remained unbeaten since a heavy 4-0 defeat to Chelsea in October, and Jones claims that “passionate” Mourinho is slowly starting to work his magic in his new surroundings.

There have been increasing calls for Carrick to feature more regularly under Mourinho with United winning 7 and drawing once in the 8 games that the midfielder has started.

“Their need for consistency is there for all to see. I am talking about the way this team wants to play and that is the most hard thing in football to change”.

“On Wednesday I was in the hotel and my assistants came here to train the group of five who were not selected and stayed here”. “I had a good conversation with Mourinho and have no problems with him”. But we’re still unbeaten at home and that’s also positive. The Spaniard, despite being linked with an exit since the day Mourinho’s signing was announced, has been nothing short of brilliant for United this season. “I think he understands our dynamic, our philosophy”.

Per United, the Portuguese manager added that the former Bayern Munich man could prove a useful player for him and said Schweinsteiger deserved the reception he got from the Old Trafford crowd: “He can help us”. Manchester United haven’t yet lived up to the expectations this season and is in the middle of a rough patch in the domestic league although they have been impressive in the other tournaments that they have played. I thought you were right. “If we beat United on Sunday, we go above them in the league”, Coleman told the club website. With one win in their last eight games, the Blues welcome their old rivals to Goodison Park, the pair being two of just six teams to have featured in every season since the Premier League began. They have won three of their last six matches against United at home.

The most he can hope for is injuries to the midfield in order to get back on the pitch, or late appearances from the substitutes bench, but even then he will just be used as a way of winding down the clock.

“He is another in the squad who is working to try to have more chances”.

Manchester United travel to Goodison Park seeking to build on their impressive midweek performance with a victory over Everton.

Carrick said: “All the games have been pretty similar”. They lost their 14th fixture that year. The 21-year-old, who left the Red Devils in the summer, did not overdo his celebrations but punched the air in delight.

“I sat down with them in the summer and asked what their plans were for me – theirs didn’t really match mine; there is no bitterness”, Fletcher said.