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Borussia Dortmund want to rescue Henrikh Mkhitaryan from his Manchester United hell and take him back to Germany in January, writes Steve Bates in the Sunday People.

Dortmund's highly-regarded coach Tomas Tuchel as well as club bosses CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke and General manager Michael Zorc have all been shocked at Mkhitaryan's free-fall at Old Trafford.

They are astounded at Mkhitaryan's failure to make any kind of impact under United boss Jose Mourinho - especially as the Armenian play-maker was one of the Bundesliga's top stars before he left Dortmund in a £26.9 deal last summer.

Tuchel has told Watzke and Zorc he would be happy to take 27 year-old Mkhitaryan back in January if Dortmund can strike a loan-deal with United.

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Mkhitaryan was expected to deliver the same creative flair at Old Trafford having been king of the assists during his time at Dortmund after moving from Shaktar Donetsk in 2013.

The Armenian star scored 33 goals in 114 games for Dortmund but so far he's made just 6 appearances for United, some from the bench, and failed to convince Mourinho to give him a run in the side ahead of Wayne Rooney or Juan Mata.

Mkhitaryan's Old Trafford career stalled after he picked up a thigh injury in the 2-1 defeat by Manchester City on September 10 and was out for seven weeks b efore making a late substitute appearance against Fenerbahce in Istanbul recently.

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But he was again left out of the United side which won at Swansea before the international break and that's alerted Dortmund who are planning to contact Old Trafford ahead of the January window opening to determine whether Mourinho will let him return to Germany for the rest of the season.

The move would be familiar territory for the two clubs with Dortmund buying back Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa in 2014 after two lukewarm seasons at United following his £12 million transfer in 2012.

But at least Mkhitaryan has something to smile about after skippering his country to their first 2018 World Cup qualifying win of the campaign.

Armenia staged a remarkable comeback against Montenegro winning 3-2 after being 2-0 down to record their first win in 12 competitive games stretching back to 2013.