is more than happy to listen to offers as out-of-
favour duo Memphis Depay and Morgan
Schneiderlin near the Old Trafford exit door.
Signed by former boss Louis van Gaal in 2014,
Depay and Schneiderlin have found themselves on
the outer this season, repeatedly overlooked by
Mourinho.
Depay and Schneiderlin failed to make it on the
bench for Sunday's 1-0 Premier League win at
home to Tottenham, having been left out of the
squad for the Europa League fixture in Ukraine on
Thursday.
And as the January transfer window draws nearer,
Mourinho is ready to cash in.
"I am always open to listen to offers for every
player. More than listen to offers, I am always
ready to listen to the players themselves," the
Portuguese tactician said ahead of Wednesday's
match at Crystal Palace.
"So any player who knocks on my door and is not
happy and wants to move, when the offers are
correct, I will never stop a player from leaving even
if it is to a rival.
"When [Juan] Mata left Chelsea to come to
Manchester United [in 2014], in my mentality, [It's]
no problem at all. I am always open."
Mourinho added: "Sometimes in matches – and
matches is the place where the evaluation is real –
you get disappointed with a performance. But in
training, the professionalism and the way they do
it, I can only say good things about everyone.
"I am happy with the squad I have. I would like my
squad to be my squad until the end of the season
and I am not going to any player to say, 'You are
going to leave' because I am not happy, because I
don't want to have him."
One player who could stay beyond January is
former Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Banished from the first team upon Mourinho's
arrival in the off-season, Schweinsteiger made a
surprise return to the fold in United's EFL Cup win
over West Ham last month.
Schweinsteiger is yet to feature since but Mourinho
said: "I do [expect him to stay]. Unless again, the
player knocks on our door with a future that he
wants to grab with both hands.
"We have Premier League, Europa League, then in
the League Cup we have a two-legged semi and
hopefully one more match in the final.
"The FA Cup is a lot of matches, so our number of
players is not so big, even Schweinsteiger is back
to the group which was exactly the intention
because he is one more option for us."
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