Early team news: Leicester City v United

The Reds faced Bristol City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening and, unfortunately, severe weather conditions prevented the squad from flying home, forcing the team to drive back up north.

Mourinho and the players did not get back to Manchester until 5am on Thursday, which was far from ideal, although the boss is pleased that several Reds were able to rest at home in midweek.

Speaking to MUTV’s Mark Sullivan at the Aon Training Complex on Friday, Jose gave this update on his squad ahead of the trip to Leicester. "It is the same," he began. "There is no news.

"Of course, for the game at Bristol we changed a lot of the players, so we managed to give a rest to many of them and especially to the lucky ones that did not travel.

"Because the ones that did travel, even some who did not play, arrived back in Manchester close to 5am. People like Mata or Smalling, who were on the bench, had to travel back.”

In the pre-match press conference, later on Friday afternoon, Mourinho revealed that he does not expect Michael Carrick or Marouane Fellaini to return from injury during the busy Christmas schedule.

The boss also confirmed Antonio Valencia is still unavailable for action, due to the hamstring injury that he sustained against West Bromwich Albion.

"Valencia is out as you know," he told reporters. "Eric Bailly is having surgery right now or just finished. Who else? Nobody else. Everything is okay."