Mourinho: Man Utd could rest players against Arsenal

Jose Mourinho has no problem with resting players
against Arsenal at the weekend if it will help
Manchester United reach the Europa League final.
United take on Celta Vigo in the first leg of their
final-four clash at Balaidos on Thursday and then
face a trip to Emirates Stadium on Sunday for a
match that could have huge ramifications in the
race to qualify for the Champions League via the
domestic route.
Mourinho's side sit fifth in the Premier League, one
point behind local rivals Manchester City and five
clear of Arsenal in sixth, though the Gunners have a
game in hand.
But the Portuguese insists winning the Europa
League is United's priority, with the competition
arguably offering a more realistic route to a return
to European football's top table.
"I know that it's the only competition that
Manchester United as a club never won and it'd be
great to close the circle and say we are a club that
won every single competition in the football world,"
said Mourinho.
"Thinking about us as a team I think it would be a
good achievement with as many problems as
we've had and would allow us to be back to the
Champions League next season.
"The Europa League becomes for us now more
important and of course it depends on the result,
the way we analyse the situation tomorrow
[Thursday] after the match, but if we have to rest
players next weekend, we are going to do that.
"If we play the final, the players who play it would
not be selected for the Sunday before the final."
Celta have lost all three of their LaLiga matches
since confirming their place in the semi-finals with
a 4-3 aggregate wih over Genk, but Mourinho
remains wary given the way Eduardo Berizzo has
rotated his side mid-table in that time.
"That Celta managed to be in the semi-finals, it
says everything," he said.
"Because of their situation in LaLiga, a comfortable
situation, they manage to think just about the
Europa League, to rest players, to be in the
maximum of their condition so [it will be] a difficult
match for us.
"They are here to win, they've played three league
games with their second team. I think it's very
clear they have come to win."