“It also gives me the chance to play some players I know can’t play 90 minutes, as they have no condition to play for 90 minutes”.
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“That’s the pressure that I felt most when I went into Manchester United, and putting that pressure on myself to write myself into the history of the club through success and winning trophies”.
United boss Jose Mourinho was reluctant to discuss Pogba specifically when asked for an update on the transfer on Friday, but did say the club would sign “a very good midfielder within days”. “We are going to get a very good midfielder”, he added. They can do what they want.
“You are right, I don’t like to speak about other clubs and players from other clubs”.
Meanwhile, Burton is also reporting that Germany World Cup victor Bastian Schweinsteiger trained on his own on Friday and was told that he was not in Jose Mourinho’s plans, there he had no future at Old Trafford.
“Bastian Schweinsteiger was training today, but on his own, away from the main group”, the Sky Sports News reporter revealed.
“It is the same as in every club in the world”, said Mourinho when asked about Schweinsteiger. They come later, they don’t have enough holiday and we have to make them ready for the competition in a short period of time.
Renato Sanches is now a Bayern Munich player, but it may have been a different story had Jose Mourinho been at Manchester United sooner. “So hopefully by next week we will have our squad closed”.
Meanwhile, former United defender Rio Ferdinand has insisted the club have to sign Pogba otherwise they risk upsetting the morale in Mourinho’s dressing room ahead of the new season.
Reports in England suggested that the World Cup victor was banished from the first team, and the Portuguese manager has now revealed he only wants to keep a squad of 23 players.
FA Cup winners United and shock champions Leicester face off this weekend for the first silverware of the season at Wembley.
“I had to make my decisions. They like to speak about my clubs and my players”.
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“It looks like he will end up at Manchester United”.
