Rose confirmed last season's top scorer Junior Kroupi is set to be involved for the first time this campaign, after recovering from a foot injury sustained during a pre-season training session in Austria in late July: "The plan is to take him with us to Manchester and give him some minutes."

On the 20-year-old's impact in training, Rose added: "He's a funny guy. I really love him. He has a good attitude. He's a special player. We have to take care of him and he has to take care of his next steps. But when we train, he changes every rondo you play. He changes every 5-v-5-plus-one session when he is the floater. It's just a different game then."

On what impact United's recent struggles could have on the game: "It should not affect us and our work. I hear the voices and the noise around the club, but I don't know if it helps us because everyone in Manchester seems to know now what to do and how to do it. It's up to us to go there, be focused, bring our football on to the pitch and react well to situations."

More on the Red Devils, who lost 4-1 to Como in the Champions League this week: "I think they're going to be angry, they're going to be intense. We have to face it, make an open game of it and, at the end, we want to win it. You always get to a point where you have nothing to lose any more, sometimes as a manager, as a club, as players. That's why it's always difficult."

Asked about his team selection after Thursday's 3-0 Europa League win over AC Milan, the Cherries boss responded: "It will not be so difficult because I can play with only 11 players - one goalkeeper and 10 others, and I'm going to pick 11. I'm quite happy that I see everyone wants to show that he belongs to this team, and this is the only thing I demand."

On possible rotation: "If you do it and maybe you don't play on Sunday, then you play on Wednesday against Aston Villa [in the Carabao Cup]. We have so many games and enough time to give everyone the opportunity to play."