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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has included Jesse Lingard in his squad for Saturday's Premier League derby against City.

Memphis, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Michael Carrick, Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo were not spotted arriving at The Lowry Hotel by our photographer on Friday night. Wayne Rooney turned up before the rest of the squad in a separate car, while M.E.N. Sport was told Daley Blind walked to the hotel, since his apartment is nearby.

Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan still reside at the hotel, which might explain why they were not photographed arriving with other teammates.

Lingard has not featured for United since suffering an injury in the Community Shield and was not considered for selection at Hull two weeks ago.

However, the 23-year-old arrived with his teammates as United ramped up preparations ahead of the Old Trafford showdown with Pep Guardiola's City.

Lingard opened United's scoring with a superb solo goal in the Wembley win over Leicester a month ago, an effort which earned him the club's Goal of the Month award.

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The 2011 Youth Cup winner started the curtain-raiser against Leicester on the right and Juan Mata occupied the position in United's three Premier League wins in August.

Mourinho has substituted Mata in all four of his appearances this term and the impacts of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Rashford at Hull - as well as Lingard's return - could jeopardise the Spaniard's place.

Whereas Louis van Gaal almost always prepared for games with an 18-man squad, Mourinho hasn't. All 25 first-team squad members travelled to London for the Community Shield and 20 made the short trip to Hull, with Sam Johnstone and Matteo Darmian the unlucky duo forced to sit in the stands.

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For United's only home game of the season so far against Southampton, Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian, Johnstone and Michael Carrick were seen in the directors' box while Mourinho suggested other squad members overlooked for the matchday line-up had arrived with the team.

"I have so many good players," Mourinho said. "I arrive in the dressing room after the match and I was happy but then I become sad, because I arrive there and all the other guys are there in their nice Paul Smith suit but not a tracksuit, not even playing, not even being on the bench.

"So when I look to Memphis, Carrick, Jones, all these guys I don't select. I am desperate for September. Because September we have Capital One Cup, we have Europa League, we have seven matches in September and they all play and then I am happy."

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Van Gaal used to tell players if they were starting two days in advance but Mourinho is believed to wait longer so the players are kept on their toes.

Mourinho had a full 26-man squad to choose from after Mkhitaryan and Luke Shaw recovered from fitness setbacks on international duty with Armenia and England.

"Everybody is available," Mourinho said at his Friday press conference. "It’s not the same as if we were here all week and working, resting and not travelling, but there are no injuries and everybody has returned safely and on time for at least one training session. Everybody is ready and wants to play of course.

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"Antonio [Valencia] was able to get one flight direct to Madrid and then to London and Manchester, an easy one. Sergio [Romero] and Marcos [Rojo] went around the globe! They played in Venezuela and then went to Argentina and then, from there, they came back to Europe but they came back in time for training this morning.

"We are fine. We are ready. We are waiting."

On Mkhitaryan, the Portuguese added: "I’m not saying Micki is ready to play 90 minutes but he is ready to help us. There are no injuries."

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