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Man Utd boss Mourinho tells Rooney: You must...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho wants to see more goals from Wayne Rooney.

Mourinho admits he needs Rooney to be scoring for success this season.

"We are playing very well but goals make a huge difference and we are not scoring enough for the football we play, " he said.

"With me, he (Rooney) is an attacking player. In the national team, they can do with him what they want because he is their player, he is not my player. If they want to play him right-back, they can play him right-back. It's not my problem.

"In my team, he is an attacking player - he will play as a No 9 or a 10, or eventually coming from one of the sides.

"So, as an attacking player, normally he scores more goals. He has scored a couple, I think at Fenerbahce (in the Europa League) and one in the Premier League.

"We expect more goals from him, yes, but we expect more goals from everyone in the team.

"Maybe Zlatan is the one who is scoring but as the main striker it is normal that he has scored more goals. But we expect more goals from all the other attacking players."

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