“He is one of the best around and to learn from what he brings it’s going to be exciting for me to try and learn under a manager such as himself”.
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The extreme 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 pre-season preparations.
“He says for 48 hours before a match he wants the guys to leave it alone and concentrate on the tactics he and his staff have been working on in the days before”. “He is a victor – he is one of the best managers in the world and we feel it”.
“I know that at the national-team level you have this capacity of trying to make things complicated for yourself, so what happened around him in the summer was not a surprise for me”.
The Portuguese coach was appointed as the club’s new boss back in May after the Red Devils opted to part company with Louis van Gaal at the end of last season. “It’s nearly like a free role and I am excited to play it”, Rooney said.
“You know he is a top player, he is a top striker”, he said of Ibrahimovic.
I fully expect it to work. Hopefully I can do that this season.
Holland winger Memphis Depay, Argentine defender Marcos Rojo, Belgian winger Adnan Januzaj and Juan Mata, sold by Mourinho at Chelsea, all have points to prove to the new manager. With me it is not going to be different.
Rooney admitted that when Van Gaal was in charge goals were harder to score.
Despite the plan being not to play on the tour Rooney signalled he may be involved against Manchester City in Beijing tomorrow.
“I want to be champion”.
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Back in early June, the United and Spain #1 insisted that Jose Mourinho “can build a great team” at Old Trafford.
