Manager Jose
Mourinho believes Henrikh Mkhitaryan can become a top player for Manchester
United, but needs time to adapt to the "intensity and aggression" of
the
English game.
The Armenian
midfielder, 27, signed for £26m from Borussia Dortmund in July.
He has only
played 104 minutes all season and has not featured since being taken off at
half-time in the defeat by Manchester City on 10 September.
United boss
Mourinho said Mkhitaryan "is training with the team 100%".
"Mkhitaryan
is not injured," he added. "Sometimes I confuse the meaning 'fit' in
English language. Sometimes fit is ready to compete.
"Some
players are really adapted to come and play and not to feel. Some players they
need time, to feel it, to feel the intensity, time to feel the aggression, the
game without the ball."
Mourinho
compared the Armenian's arrival to that of Brazil midfielder Willian when the
Portuguese was in charge at Chelsea.
"Willian
when he arrived at Chelsea he had problems, he went through a process and the
next season he was a champion. He was phenomenal and he still is," said
Mourinho.
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