Newly-acquired striker Zlatan Ibrahimović scored the winning goal for FA Cup winners Manchester United in their 2-1 Community Shield victory over the reigning Premier League champions Leicester City in a match held at the Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
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Rashford is set to battle Ibrahimovic for a starting place this season with the 34-year-old well-known to adapt a superstar attitude at whatever club he represents.
The Portuguese was impressed with Bailly’s ability to handle Leicester speedy strikers, including Nigerian Ahmed Musa, and also credited the Ivorian’s central defensive partner, Dutchman Daley Blind. “I didn’t finish what I started here so I think I came here to finish it”. We’re in the beginning and we’re just getting to know each other, especially with me.
By the time Mourinho was confirmed at United in May, City had already secured the signature of Pep Guardiola. I’m very happy for him and what he’s doing.
United are now gearing up for their first season under Mourinho and their Premier League opener against Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.
“If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney”, the Reds boss said. “That is new and we won today and hopefully we can win more”.
“I know the discussion”, Mourinho said.
“Paul told me before he left that he wanted to be the best player in the world”.
The coach said: “We need to get the best out of him and this will be a process”.
Manchester United having a lack of games in part due to the cancelled Beijing match against local rivals Manchester City.
For what it’s worth, Mourinho has subsequently claimed that he simply took the smallest player, which happened to be Mata, off the pitch in an effort to deal with the long throw-ins Leicester substitute Luis Hernandez started slinging into the United penalty area toward the end of the game.
Now he’s come back to Manchester as the final piece in José Mourinho’s war machine.
“This was a very important game for us – it was hard past year to reach the [FA Cup] final and win the cup, so it’s an honour if you can play this game”.
Watch the full interview with Jose Mourinho on BT Sport 1 from 10pm on Wednesday. “And, personally, one of my dreams is to win the Ballon d’Or”, Pogba told MUTV.
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Neville, who had a brief and unsuccessful spell in charge of Valencia last season, added: “I was in Spain for four months, and we in England are seen as easy meat when it comes to transfers”.
