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Man Utd boss Mourinho furious: Jones needed 6 injections to face Germany

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is furious with England coach Gareth Southgate over Phil Jones' injury setback.

Mourinho has learned Jones had SIX injections to play in England's friendly with Germany.

He said: “I've been a manager since 2000 and in 17 years I've never had one single player who had injections of an anaesthetic to play a friendly.

"Never. Never.

“I am not an angel and I have had players injected to play official matches, crucial matches but a friendly — to get six local anaesthetic injections to play a friendly.

“I've never heard of that. But Phil Jones had it and had it before the match and after 15 minutes he was out and now is out for us.

“He didn't feel good during the warm-up. Between the warm-up and the start of the match he had five more local anaesthetic injections."

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