Though Mourinho in the past have been known for defensive tactics and not giving a fair chance to the youth players of the club for which Manchester United has been famous for.
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The Portuguese made the claim in response to reporters questions as to how he will turn the ailing giants into an attacking force once more. United would eventually win the fixture 3-1, but it wasn’t enough to get the club into the Champions League or save Louis van Gaal’s job.
Manchester United are looking to get their new era off on the right foot with a win over Bournemouth.
Fonte is likely to cost £8m and, despite previously negotiating the sales of Morgan Schneiderlin and Luke Shaw to United, the Saints are unlikely to prevent him from moving on. As well as a tour of China, which turned into farce when a friendly with Manchester City was cancelled, Mourinho has also had players arriving back late for preseason after their worldwide commitments this summer.
“I had it, I won with them, and hopefully I can do it here”.
“That’s the challenge for Man United – to try to be a winning team in a new era of the Premier League that is much more hard than before. To win isolated matches you can play badly but to win competitions you need to play well”.
Memphis is expected to play some part when United open their Premier League title challenge at AFC Bournemouth on Sunday.
The new Red Devils boss explained afterwards it was merely Mata’s size – and the expectation of Leicester playing long balls in the closing stages – that dictated the decision and says there is no problem between the pair.
“It’s more hard, especially because pre-seasons are shorter and pre-seasons are less football and more other areas”, he continued. I know the player and I watched him many times at PSV and having that player in mind, I want to keep him. “It is our second season in the Premier League, we are privileged to host everyone – but it is going to be a special one”. You study all the same details and start to do the same.
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“He was very happy that he was my first choice to come on to the pitch in a hard moment of the game for us after we conceded a goal”, the United boss said, as reported by Sky Sports.
