Manchester United could be set to drop Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez for Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Spurs.
The duo were highly criticized for their display in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of West Brom.
Mourinho claimed that a number of players had blown their chance of starting in the semi-final at Wembley.
"Rotating is not the right word – if I play a player against Bournemouth and the player is phenomenal, he plays the semi-final," said Mourinho,
"So it is not rotating, because rotating looks like a player that plays against Bournemouth is to give a rest to somebody that is going to play against Spurs in the semi-final.
"So the word is not rotation – it is an opportunity for people, for some people to play and to try to get a place in the team for Spurs, and some of the guys who played [against West Brom] don’t have a place in that team [against Spurs]. They don’t have a place in that team."