Man Utd news: Jose Mourinho refuses to confirm Henrikh Mkhitaryan return for Bristol City

After an impressive start to the season, Mkhitaryan has not started a match for Manchester United since November 5.

And the Armenia international hasn’t even been included in eight of United’s last nine matchday squads.

Mkhitaryan has been linked with a return to Borussia Dortmund in a bid to revive his career.

But his immediate concern is getting back into the United team and ahead of their quarter-final against  Bristol City on Wednesday, Mourinho was coy on whether the 28-year-old would make his comeback.

“He [Mkhitaryan] can [be back],” Mourinho told reporters following the 2-1 win over West Brom. 

“I am making a few changes for the match, but not many because Bristol City are one of the best teams in the Championship.

“For me now, the Championship is not the Championship of five or 10 years ago. The Championship is now high-quality teams with lots of players that could be playing in the Premier League easily. 

“So we need to take the game really seriously. I am going to make a few changes and it is possible Micki is involved.

“At the moment, we are playing [Juan] Mata, [Marcus] Rashford, [Jesse] Lingard or [Anthony] Martial and [Romelu] Lukaku.

“So, on the bench, we have [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and one of the other ones, Martial or Rashford. So there is no space for everyone because you need balance on the bench too.”