Vice-chairman Ed Woodward will be hoping he has found the right manager to help bring United back to the top, but Mourinho revealed the club hierarchy have not given him any specific targets he must meet by the end of the season.
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De Gea will play a vital role on Mourinho’s team this season, he was absolutely world-class and will be looking to build on his spectacular performances last season under the new boss.
“He’s been one of the best strikers in world football over the last 10 years”, said Rooney during a live Facebook Q&A while on Man United’s pre-season tour of China.
CRI’s Fu Yu has more. By this point Pep Guardiola had already been in charge over at Barcelona since the start of 2008.
Both managers, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, had expressed concerns about the pitch at the Bird’s Nest Stadium following very heavy rain in the Chinese capital.
Comfortable with handling the media, the Portuguese manager handled the questions like a boss. We want to play to be champions.
The ICC said in a statement that the game had been “cancelled due to the extreme weather events in Beijing over a multiple-day period … in the interest of player safety”.
“City versus United for me is Old Trafford or the Etihad or a Cup final at Wembley, not a friendly”, said Mourinho. The plane was not good, they had a storm and had to land in Tianjin.
With both sides trying to bed in new players as well as improve their fitness levels it is hard to predict the sides that both managers will field.
“You play Thursday and then I don’t think they are going to play us Monday, they are going to play us Sunday, probably at 12 o’clock”. “Why should we not shake hands?” There’s no reason why not. I like to be involved in the game and I am now playing for José who, straight away, has no fears about players coming deep if they want to.
When questioned on the subject, Mourinho said: “Of course I will shake his hand”.
The two have faced each other 16 times before.
Guardiola’s Man City went down to his team of the last 3 seasons, Bayern Munich, in Germany, while Mourinho’s United were swept by double German runners-up Dortmund 4-1 in Shanghai earlier this week. “But it is a friendly game, a really friendly game”.
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This will be the first Manchester Derby that will be played overseas.
