Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was unequivocal when asked what he wanted from Wayne Rooney ahead of Manchester United’s EFL Cup tie at Northampton, midweek.
“Goals,” said Mourinho, with that familiar dead- pan delivery and death stare designed to underline the weight of his words. “Goals. I hope he scores goals.”
To say Rooney failed to fulfil his manager’s remit is an understatement. Rooney was so wretched, so out of sorts, so shot of confidence, that Mourinho now surely has to make the biggest call of his United tenure thus far and drop his skipper for the visit of champions Leicester to Old Trafford on Saturday.
There can be no other decision if Mourinho , who has endured a frustrating and unconvincing start to his time at United, is to
retain credibility in the eyes of his club’s fans and the wider football public. Sir Alex Ferguson was not afraid to drop
Rooney, while David Moyes and Louis van Gaal were too in thrall to the England captain to spot the obvious signs of decline and bench him when necessary.
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