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- Updated: September 22, 2016
Wayne Rooney could be dropped by Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho for Saturday’s Premier League showdown with champions Leicester, according to Sky Sports expert Ray Parlour.
The United captain has started all their Premier League games this season and was in the line-up for Wednesday’s 3-1 EFL Cup victory at Northampton, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford coming off the bench.
Parlour expects the latter duo to start when Leicester visit Old Trafford on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1, with Rooney rested.
“I think Rooney is the big problem at the moment,” Parlour told Sky Sports News HQ. “What does he [Mourinho] do with Wayne Rooney? Does he play him or not?
“I have got a funny feeling this might be the time that Rooney is left out, just to recharge his batteries and get him out of the focus a little bit, because he is the man at the moment who is getting the most criticism.
“I think Michael Carrick or Morgan Schneiderlin will start, maybe alongside Marouane Fellani.
“Paul Pogba maybe in the No 10 role, …
