"We need to go to Europe because of everything. Our club needs to be in Europe, it's hard to have a very, very good squad. Imagine for me to have Kobbie Mainoo with that [many] minutes that he's playing, he needs more games for me to make a rotation because, with one game [a week], it's really hard."
"I have to take one of the guys that is playing to put another. When you have more games, you can divide, you can manage the group in a different way. We are trying to use the time that we have to train to be a better team, we need to be prepared in the future to have European games."
"But the target doesn't change. We have to go to Europe. To be in the top four is really hard for our moment, but we never know, we just need to focus on winning the next one."
Manchester United missed Champions League qualification after losing to Tottenham Hotspur in last season's Europa League final. An early exit from the League Cup and absence of European fixtures have reduced the number of matches. That scarcity of games limits rotation opportunities and causes several players to receive insufficient playing time. Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee are named as examples affected by limited minutes. One match per week makes it difficult to rest starters and rotate without weakening the team. Training time is being used to prepare for potential future European campaigns. The club's target remains qualifying for Europe, with focus on winning the next match despite top-four being challenging.
Read at Republik Of Mancunia: A Manchester United Blog
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