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Wayne Rooney and Jose Mourinho were on different pages in the summer. After playing in midfield for Louis van Gaal, and then for England at Euro 2016, the Manchester United captain said he had "known for years" he would eventually end up in that position. Mourinho, though, didn't agree.
"Maybe he is not a No. 9 anymore but he will never, with me, be a No. 6," Mourinho said at his first news conference as United manager in July.