Mike Dean will be the man tasked with keeping Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola in order as the fourth official at Old Trafford.
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The 23-year-old still has four years left on his contract and chose to stay at the Bernabeu out of loyalty to France legend Zinedine Zidane, head coach at the La Liga giants.
“Mourinho is the one who convinced me to come to Real Madrid and (United) is a great club”. The 23-year-old was brought to Real Madrid by the Portuguese manager and has since been unable to nail down a starting spot in the squad – prompting interest from a host of European clubs including Manchester United.
Willy Caballero has been City’s goalkeeper for all but one match this season after Guardiola chose to ditch previous first choice Joe Hart, who joined Torino on loan.
“But from the first moment I knew the project and that [Real] had for me and my role, there were no more questions”.
In his latest blog that appeared in the Manchester United website, Juan Mata has said that Spain have left a good impression during their friendly worldwide against Belgium in Brussels.
What that’ll be remains to be seen up until the teams are announced on Saturday morning, but we think one of these thee options could make up for the missing Argentine…
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And although he was tempted by an offer to work with his former boss Mourinho again he chose to remain in Spain.
