Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed how he'll use the international break to prepare his side for next Saturday's Manchester derby.
Mourinho will lose much of his squad as they prepare for World Cup qualifying matches, but the Portuguese is making plans around the break.
"We keep eight outfield players and Sam Johnstone as the goalkeeper [for training]," Mourinho told MUTV .
"We are going to lose the others and we don't know the way they train, the way they recover, the life they are going to have with their national teams."
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His South American contingent look doubtful for the clash with City, with Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero only returning the day before the game.
"Some are coming back on the Monday before the Manchester City match but some are coming back on Friday. The day before Man City, we will still have Sergio Romero, Marcos Rojo and Antonio Valencia arriving.
"It will be a complicated process but we know it is like this when we have these players. And I would love all of the players to go because it would mean that everybody is being selected for their national teams."
Mourinho also explained Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be given extra time off following his decision to retire from representing Sweden.
"I give the other guys, who are not selected for the national teams, two days off," he said. "And I give four days to Zlatan. At 34 years old, you need to rest."