“It’s incredible how Zlatan Ibrahimovic has never won the Golden Ball”, Mourinho told BBC Sport.
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Ibrahimovic scored the Community Shield victor eight days ago and added to his tally with a long-range effort after Juan Mata and Wayne Rooney had put United ahead in their Premier League opener.
And speaking to Sky Sports, Ibrahimovic suggested he was happy enough with life under Jose Mourinho that he could extend his stay for longer than the one year now on his present contract.
Many of Mourihno’s young players have been spending time with Ibrahimovic to pick his brains.
That will be Jose Mourinho’s first competitive game in charge at Old Trafford as United will look to make it two wins out of two when Claude Puel’s side are welcomed to Manchester.
The manager also praised Eric Bailly as the defender has demonstrated another accomplished display: “When you buy somebody like him [Bailly] you have a question mark, whether he can adapt to a completely different situation. For the next two years he can be phenomenal for the team and the Premier League”. “He knows what he can be for them”.
“But whoever scores helps the team”. We lost this game for many reasons and one of them is (the impact) of Liverpool making it 1-1 just before half-time. “The other thing is the reality”, Mourinho said to ESPN.
Ibrahimovic has started his United career very well, scoring a fantastic goal in the friendly against Galatasaray last month and, more importantly, clinching his team’s Community Shield victory over champions Leicester City at Wembley with an 83 minute header.
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“So when September arrives, when cup talk arrives and the Europa League arrives, we have the people to play and to try to be competitive in every competition”. “It’s three points against a very hard opponent and I don’t think there’s any doubt we deserved to win”. If one day it’s not mathematically possible then we’ll think about top four, which would be one step ahead of last season which would be fine.
