Mourinho silent following FA action

MANCHESTER United manager Jose Mourinho will not be on the touchline for Sunday's Premier League game at Swansea after accepting two Football Association misconduct charges.

The Portuguese was fined £50,000 for comments made about referee Anthony Taylor prior to the draw with Liverpool and received a £8,000 fine and one-game touchline ban for using abusive/and or insulting words towards a match official during Saturday's game with Burnley, when Mourinho was sent to the stands by referee Mark Clattenburg.

The sanctions were meted out on a day when Mourinho was invited to divulge his views on both his dismissal by Clattenburg and his behaviour to referees in general at United's press conference before their Europa League tie with Fenerbahce.

However, Mourinho kept his counsel on both matters.

Shaking his head before a question about his latest charge was even finished, he merely said: "No - no reaction."

When then asked if, more generally, he regretted his behaviour towards match officials this season, or felt hard done by, Mourinho retorted: "Next question."

He will be allowed in the dugout for tonight's fixture with Fener in Turkey, where Phil Jones could make his first senior United appearance in 10 months.