Having failed to qualify for the Champions League last time round, it would take a major improvement for the Red Devils to now be in contention to finish top.
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“I think he will be good, he is always a success really”.
Jose Mourinho says there is space for Juan Mata in his Manchester United squad this season.
“I think he is happy and I am not expecting him to ask to leave. The players, we want to win everything and hopefully we can do it”, the former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper added.
After the destruction at the hands of BVB today, Mourinho said United are “75% done” with their summer transfer activity, and that the fourth player will be a midfielder.
Rooney was a key player under Mourinho’s predecessor Louis van Gaal, who made him captain during his two-year reign at Old Trafford before the Dutchman was axed.
‘He is a strong character but he makes jokes. “After 10 minutes we know one team started training 10 days ago and had played one match and the other team started one month ago and has played already four games”. “Obviously I have been through the same thing so I know how you are feeling right now”, said Shaw. “He is a killer and hopefully he plays his best in Manchester”.
Dortmund, playing the fifth match of their pre-season campaign, were much sharper than United who had just the single outing against Wigan before boarding the plane to China.
United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has been in talks with Juve and Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola, but is expected to attend the second stage of the tour in Beijing.
The heat and humidity has not stopped Mourinho’s men from often training twice a day in sweltering Shanghai, where on Friday they lost 4-1 to a Borussia Dortmund side admittedly far more advanced in their preseason preparations. “We are in great position to do a good market”. We enjoy it a lot.
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“The key in preseason is try to be fit as soon as possible and then go to the Premier League and try to win”. Dortmund will play Pep Guardiola’s City in Shenzhen on Thursday to round-out the three-team pre-season tournament in China.
