Jose Mourinho planning to deploy Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford in Man Utd attack

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he plans to trial a new-look strikeforce by pairing Romelu Lukaku with Marcus Rashford.

Mourinho got a first look at £75m Lukaku in United colours as his side kicked off pre-season with a 5-2 win over LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center.

Lukaku came on for the second half, while two-goal Rashford starred in the first, but Mourinho believes his big-money signing could flourish in partnership with the youngster he says has grown as a player and in stature.
“Today [Rashford] was in a different team than Lukaku. But in this pre-season we will also try both in the same team which I think can also work,” Mourinho told reporters.

Praising the “natural evolution” of a player he claims he grown taller in the last year, Mourinho said of Rashford: “Last season in this period everybody was saying that with me it would be difficult for him to play.

“In the end, I think he was one of the top three with more appearances for the team so he played a lot, he developed a lot. He played in different positions. He played the important Europa League matches, which is like a pre-Champions League, and he’s learning a lot.
“It’s just the natural evolution of a kid, accumulation of minutes on the pitch… he’s already taller than when I arrived 13 months ago – he’s three centimetres taller – and he put on some muscle, but without any kind of specific work because his speed is the most important quality so we don’t want to lose that.
“He is a great professional with a great attitude and last season for too long he was in a period of not scoring goals and missing a lot of chances, which was not a drama because sometimes that’s part of the evolution. We knew that this season he is going to score more goals than last season.”

Rashford might have outshone Lukaku but the Manchester United boss declared himself happy with the “unselfish” former Everton striker.

“Lukaku is a target man, he plays with his back to opponents,” Mourinho said.

“A good thing today for me is to see that he’s a team player. He’s not selfish. He’s not obsessed with goals. He wasn’t so worried about himself, he was worried about the improvement of the team.”Euro Soccer Bonus

Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.

This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.

The maximum bonus that you can receive is €100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.

If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:

Bet Type Bonus

14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus €100,000 or currency equivalent. Euro Soccer Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.

If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.

If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.

Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.

In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.

All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.

bet365 reserves the right to amend, cancel, reclaim or refuse any promotion at its own discretion.