Alexis Sanchez has been ruled out of Manchester United’s Champions League Group H clash with Juventus on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old came off the substitutes’ bench in the 85th minute of United’s 2-2 Premier League draw with Chelsea on Saturday after returning late from Chile’s game in Mexico.
No specific reason has been given for Sanchez’s absence, with Mourinho saying at his pre-match media conference: “The players you saw are the players that are available. Nothing to hide and Alexis is out.”
Sanchez had missed the open part of training on Tuesday, along with a handful of other senior players including Jesse Lingard, Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Marouane Fellaini and Scott McTominay.
“The reason was that he was 10 days without training with a problem, not an injury, but a problem that he had a very complicated surgery on his mouth,” Mourinho said when asked to explain Valencia’s recent absence. “He needed a little bit of time to recover some level after that.”
Juventus are top of Group H after winning both of their opening games, while United are second with four points.