Manchester United vs Fenerbahce: Henrikh Mkhitaryan named in Red Devils’ 21-man squad for Europa League clash
Jose Mourinho has not played the out-of-favour midfielder since September 10 against Manchester City
HENRIKH MKHITARYAN has been named in Manchester United's 21-man squad for their Europa League clash against Fenerbahce on Thursday.
But Bastian Schweinsteiger, who trained with Jose Mourinho's squad this week, has not travelled to Turkey as he is ineligible for the group stages of the competition.
Mkhitaryan's inclusion comes as a shock following the Armenian ace's struggle to break into Mourinho's side.
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His last appearance for United came in the disastrous Manchester derby on September 10, in which the Red Devils were beaten 2-1 at home.
Mkhitaryan failed to impress in the fixture and has been ignored by Mourinho since.
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Schweinsteiger has also found himself frozen out at Old Trafford under Mourinho but appears to have been thrown a lifeline after training with the first-team on Monday.
Phil Jones has been included in the squad after recovering from injury but Chris Smalling has not made the trip after suffering a KO in United's previous match against Fenerbahce on October 20.
Michael Carrick, Memphis Depay and Antonio Valencia have also been left out.
United are currently joint-top of Group A with Feyenoord, who they lost to in September.
They beat Fenerbahce 4-1 at Old Trafford last month in their first Europa League encounter this season.
Manchester United squad to play Fenerbahce: De Gea, Romero, Johnstone; Blind, Jones, Darmian, Fosu-Mensah, Rojo, Shaw; Fellaini, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Mata, Pogba, Schneiderlin, Young; Ibrahimovic, Martial, Rashford, Rooney.