Mourinho upset over injured Jones

Manchester Unitedmanager Jose Mourinho has criticised England for playing Phil Jones against Germany.

The 25-year-old defender suffered an injury in last Friday’s international friendly that Mourinho says will sideline him for this weekend’s Premier League game against Newcastle.

Jones had been struggling with a thigh problem before the international break, but joined an injury-hit England squad.

Tottenham trio Harry Kane, Harry Winks and Dele Alli, Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph and Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater were among those who were unavailable for England’s friendlies with Germany and Brazil.

Mourinho admitted he may have been naive in comparison to the managers of his Premier League title rivals by allowing his player to join up with England manager Gareth Southgate’s squad, but believes Jones should not have been risked.

“I don’t think it is possible for a player with a problem to play in a friendly,” the United manager said.

“He was having a problem for three weeks, he’s having problems that are stopping him to play for his club and then he plays for his club in extreme conditions because it’s a big match against Chelsea. Then he goes to the national team and he comes home with an ongoing injury that everyone knows is an ongoing injury.”

He added: “I want to see this next weekend if the players that were not going to the national team, I want to see if they are going to play.”