Manchester United news: Jose Mourinho questions Premier League scheduling and lack of Monday games

United have a poor record after Europa League ties this season

United face a 4,000 mile round trip this week (Getty)

Jose Mourinho has hit out at Manchester United’s schedule and accused the Premier League of not giving his side long enough to recover after Europa League games.

United play Zorya Luhansk on Thursday in Ukraine before travelling back to England to face Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday – a 10 hour round flight over around 4,000 miles.

In comparison Spurs played at Wembley on Wednesday night – a 12 mile journey from their White Hart Lane stadium.

So far this season, United have struggled in their matches following a Thursday Europa League tie, losing two, drawing two and winning only one of their five games.

They have only played one Monday night game so far this season, which was the 0-0 draw with Liverpool at Anfield and Mourinho has questioned why United must play Thursday and Sunday so regularly.

“We go in the same direction,” said the Red Devils boss. “We assumed from the beginning that it was an important competition for us – difficult because we play Thursdays and then Sundays.

“We are never given a Monday match to have one more day to rest and prepare.

“It’s a difficult competition to play with the rest of the competitions. We want to try to win it. While we are in the competition we try to win it.

“We want to go to the knockout and go as far as possible step by step. The first step is a difficult one to qualify from a very difficult group.

“The most important competition is always the next match.

“Today I’m saying the most important competition is the Europa League, and after the match tomorrow it will be the Premier League.”