Ibrahimovic has already scored three league goals, to complement his victor in the Community Shield against Leicester.
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“I designated three – Paul, Wayne and Zlatan – but sometimes I like the players to have the feeling “this is for me”, he said.
Goal claimed the Portuguese boss wass intent on keeping Jones, who signed a new four-year contract at Old Trafford in June 2015, at the club. I think he’s a fantastic player, no doubt about it.
“We need to get used to winning and carry on like this. I will work hard, the team will work hard and slowly we will get better and better, so let’s see what the outcome will be”.
“I arrive in the dressing room after the match and I was happy but then I become sad, because I arrive there and all the other guys are there in their nice suit but not a tracksuit, not even playing, not even being on the bench”.
But Mourinho has signalled he would be prepared to make that a permanent deal if he can prise his latest target Forte from Southampton.
Ibrahimovic, who has graced the biggest stages like the Nou Camp and San Siro, was suitably impressed. He looked to be positioned in a much similar role to the one we saw him play for France in this summer’s European Championships, in a deeper position that allows him to distribute the ball forward, one of his strongest assets. “I couldn’t be happier with him”.
All of Mourinho’s successful Premier League title campaigns were won from the front.
“They want to win games but they demand attractive football and that’s been the complaint over the last three years”.
However, while big things are expected from Pogba following his world record transfer, Mourinho insists he does not believe a huge amount of goals should be one of them.
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‘He will score goals in different circumstances. As pleasing to Mourinho was the way Pogba slotted into the side in his first appearance since a world-record Dollars 116 million transfer, displaying his range of tricks, vision, athleticism and box-to-box energy.
