Manchester United captain Rooney in confines for Anderlecht return

Jose Mourinho is planning to incorporate Wayne Rooney in the Manchester United squad for Thursday's match against Anderlecht. Wayne Rooney could make his arrival for Manchester United in Thursday's Europa League conflict with Anderlecht, chief Jose Mourinho has affirmed.

The club chief has not played since the 0-0 Premier League draw with West Brom on April 1 because of lower leg issues. Mourinho says Rooney has indicated empowering progress in preparing and will be on the seat for the second leg of the quarter-last tie in the event that he gets through Wednesday's session unscathed. Be that as it may, Juan Mata, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones remain sidelined and are not anticipated that would be back before the finish of the season.

"No wounds from the diversion [Sunday's 2-0 prevail upon Chelsea], additionally nobody recouped. Mata, Jones, Smalling - they are still out. Wayne is the special case that is conceivable, yet I can't affirm now," Mourinho told a news meeting on Wednesday. "He's working, he's enhancing and, if in this session the appropriate response is sure, I will choose him to be on the seat. "His experience, his know-how of this thump out stage - I believe he's a player that can be helpful tomorrow [Thursday]. He can help us." Joined were held to a 1-1 attract the principal leg in Brussels yet Mourinho is sure that they can finish the employment at Old Trafford, given that they have won each of the five of their home diversions in the opposition this season.

"As a matter of first importance, in the event that you don't surrender, you experience, and that is critical for us to know," he said. "In the meantime, Anderlecht realize that in the event that they don't score, they're out. We should perceive what happens. "We play at home and I know our record there in the Premier League is not the best, but rather in the Europa League we've won each match at home. It is safe to say that we will play for a 0-0? No. "The primary thing is to have the inspiration high. At a club like United, when you begin the Europa League, you don't have the inspiration high, yet that is September. At this stage, you have high inspiration.

"We appeared in Brussels that we are a solid group, yet you need to balance the motivational levels [shown against Chelsea], that is the most imperative thing."