Jose Mourinho is now the man at the helm and signings such as the mercurial Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly have improved the squad’s spine and attacking options so sorely lacking past year.
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“Can Paul score Ronaldo and Messi’s goals?” questioned Mourinho.
“Can Paul score Ronaldo and Messi’s goals?”
Manchester United host the Saints on Friday Night Football, live on Sky Sports 1 from 6.30pm, with Jose Mourinho confirming Pogba is ready to feature after missing the opening weekend due to a one-match ban. I don’t believe. Super performance? I know that you have more space than in Italy so I’ll just try to find the space to run – without the ball too.
“Paolo Maldini never got a gold ball, Javier Zanetti never got a gold ball, top goalkeepers over history don’t get a gold ball”.
“I’m not expecting the first time he touches the ball for him to dribble five guys and score a wonder goal”, Mourinho said.
“When you speak about the best players in the world, you go immediately to the ones that score a lot of goals”. I believe in a season he can not score 20 goals.
The Red Devils smashed the British transfer record for the 23-year-old French midfielder to take their summer spending to over £145m as Jose Mourinho begins to build his Manchester United squad after taking over from Louis van Gaal. If to be the best player in the world means to score a lot of goals, that’s not the point.
However, Le Tissier is confident they have players capable of troubling United, despite losing Sadio Mane and Graziano Pelle in the summer.
“He has a very high motivation, so I see him here, no doubts, for the next two years”.
Matt Le Tissier does not believe Southampton’s players will fear facing Paul Pogba as the world’s most expensive player returns to the Premier League.
“I think, in an ideal world, you want your squad ready as early as possible and settled”.
Clearing the air regarding his relationship with Ferguson will also go a long way to appeasing the few sceptical United fans that remain out there.
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“If the fans feel that connection, they also want to “play” and if the fans “play”, there is no chance for the opponent”.
