‘UNTOUCHABLES’ OF MOURINHO NAMED
DANNY BLIND claims that Jose Mourinho has six “untouchables” in his Manchester United squad.
Blind Snr (below, top), the former Holland manager and father of United’s Daley Blind (below, bottom), was an analyst on Dutch TV yesterday covering United’s 4-0 demolition of Crystal Palace.
Son Danny was a United substitute, but his father claimed the United squad know the rest are battling for five places once boss Mourinho has selected his Secret Six.
Blind said: “They are David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, who is currently injured, Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. For Mourinho, that is the frame of his side. Valencia is also his captain. “Around these six chosen ones, he keeps changing the players. Sometimes he makes a choice between Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial, sometimes it is Blind or Ashley Young, or rarely Matteo Darmian.’’ He added: “Daley started in six out of nine games this season and last season he played in 40 overall. Does he mind? I think no player from our country likes it. “And now Jose tells them the line-up only three hours before a game.” Blind still considers his son to be lucky. He explained: “Boys like Michael Carrick hardly get any minutes on the pitch.”