By Daily Sports on September 30, 2017

Man United manager, Jose Mourinho has warned in form Romelus Lukaku to forget about enjoying a rest from Manchester United’s campaign, at least until Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made a full return to match fitness.

The Belgian international striker has been an inspiration for both club and country so far this season, scoring 14 goals in 11 games for United and Belgium.

But a lack of cover at Old Trafford means that the modern phenomenon of squad rotation will not apply to Lukaku as far as Mourinho is concerned.

"Look, in here, without Zlatan we cannot rotate the striker, especially because Marcus Rashford is playing also in other positions," said Mourinho.

"So until the moment we have Zlatan we cannot think about giving a rest to our No 9, the same way we give in other positions.

"We cannot do that. Belgium is Roberto's (Martinez the national head coach) responsibility and it's his decision to play him or not to play him."

Lukaku is scheduled to join Martinez's national squad this weekend for forthcoming World Cup qualifiers with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus.

However, Lukaku's goals in the last round of games at the start of September saw Belgium become the first European nation to qualify for next summer's World Cup Finals in Russia and Mourinho is clearly hopeful he may not be required to play complete matches this week.

"It's Roberto's responsibility,” said Mourinho.

"I cannot, professionally speaking, say do this or do that, you know. It's Roberto's responsibility."

"I think every step in his career he got it, he grabbed it with both hands," said Mourinho.

"He was very strong in his desire to be playing in a team with other objectives now, with Champions League football, it was always his dream to come to this level and since he arrived I don't think he thinks about another thing other than in his success.

"So he works hard, he rests, he has a great professional life outside the football pitch." © AFP

•Photo shows Romelus Lukaku.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 30, 2017

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