Rashford scored twice for England during the international break but is suspended for United’s trip to Watford on Saturday, and for the following two domestic games, after being sent off in the Reds’ win at Burnley.
Following the striker’s performances for the Three Lions, some reports suggested the 20-year-old should leave Old Trafford in search of more regular first-team football.
But Mourinho arrived at the Aon Training Complex to pour cold water on that claim, armed with statistics to illustrate just how much the forward has played during his two-year tenure so far.
“Speaking about Marcus, I think I can expect that on Sunday I'm going to be highly criticised for not playing him [on Saturday] because some of the boys are really obsessed with me and some of them, I think, have a problem with some compulsive lies,” Mourinho declared.