Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been named in Manchester United’s 21-man squad for Thursday’s Europa League group game at Fenerbahce along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney, plus Phil Jones, who has just recovered from injury.
Mkhitaryan has struggled for game time under José Mourinho and has not featured since being taken off at half-time of the 2-1 derby loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on 10 September.
While that was the last of the Armenian’s five appearances, Jones has not featured since 2 January – due to ankle and knee injuries – when he was also replaced at the interval of a victory over Swansea City.
Mourinho has resisted the option of resting the out of form Ibrahimovic, while Rooney is set to start due to the captain currently being out of the manager’s first XI for the Premier League.
United are second to Feyenoord in Group A, with each club on six points. Fenerbahce, who United beat 4-1 a fortnight ago in the reverse game at Old Trafford, are third on four points, with Zorya Luhansk bottom, with one.
Manchester United from: David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone, Daley Blind, Phil Jones, Matteo Darmian, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Paul Pogba, Morgan Schneiderlin, Ashley Young, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney
