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Mourinho rules out Schneiderlin loan move

Morgan Schneiderlin will only be allowed to leave Manchester United on a full transfer, says manager Jose Mourinho.

The France midfielder has been heavily linked with West Brom ahead of the January transfer window, with Tony Pulis confirming on Friday that the 27-year-old was "one of a number of players" the Baggies are looking at.

"Johnstone is the only player that I will allow to go on loan because he doesn't play one single minute, he needs to play," the Portuguese told a media conference ahead of United's Premier League encounter with Middlesbrough.

"That is the only loan move we are going to do. I don't want to sell players. The club and board are totally with me. 

"But as I said before, if a player is not having lots of minutes and if a player really wants to leave we have no right to stop the player to leave if the conditions are our conditions. 

"In this moment, we have not received one single offer that we are going to accept."