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| José Mourinho and Wayne Rooney |
Jose Mourinho says Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney will be available for selection again.
The England international has been out for the last few weeks, but José confirmed on Friday that Rooney is in contention to play against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Mourinho speaking to MUTV about the fitness of Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo following their exertions for their countries during the international break, revealed: that "They are not with injuries that stop them to play.
Tired? Yes, of course but ready to try to help us."
The boss also confirm that Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are on long-term injuries.
"The important ones are the ones who are ready to play," he continued. "That's the way we have to think, we cannot be here crying or speaking about the players that are not available to play.
"You know about Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] and [Ander] Herrera, they are suspended. You know that Herrera has two matches banned for that episode against Chelsea. You know what happened in the English national team with Smalling and Jones. You know that we have also [Paul] Pogba injured.
"But I repeat they're not important. The important players are the ones that are ready to play, and the ones I trust, and the ones who are going to give everything tomorrow to try to keep us in the fight for the top four."