“Sometimes you are the manager’s captain because the manager likes you very, very much, sometimes you are the players’ but not the manager’s one”.
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“I am (not) upset with anything”, he said.
Wayne Rooney has been dropped by Jose Mourinho.
“It’s a learning process”, Mourinho explained. “I’m very pleased with them and we think we can do a very good season this season”, he told the press. I’m such a lucky guy that I cannot be upset with anything.’It’s out of my control, but the Einsteins need money to live.
The Mirror reports that the goalkeeper missed their game against Burnley last week with concussion but the problem is separate from what kept him out last week. “It’s their life. From you, they can not expect other thing than be ready to smash them when they have periods of not so much success”.
Speaking at a pre-match media conference, Mourinho said: “Martial is not available”.
“United is a huge club but we are champions so we need to go there with the right mentality and hopefully come away with the three points”, he added.
Asked about the state of his relationship with Mourinho these days, Ranieri said it was “very good” and that there were “no problems”, with mention of the history between the two of them prompting a dismissive response.
Manchester United host defending champions Leicester City at Old Trafford in the first game of this weekend’s Premier League action, on Saturday lunchtime.
Below we’ve got information on how to watch this big game, along with team news and lineups when they come.
It was however going to be a hard season for Leicester after their stunning Premier League success last term, but Claudio Ranieri’s side have made a solid start to the campaign, which has included their first ever Champions League fixture. We all lost three matches in a week.
United are coming off a League Cup triumph that should help their confidence somewhat, but before that they took three straight back-breaking losses in EPL and Europa League action.
“The essence of Manchester United without doubt is to give young people an opportunity at this club”.
“We have a lot of options, we’ll look at them when the players are all together”, he said.
“If you remember my words, I said something like I am not playing defensively with my words because I know that it is hard”.
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“But all of this is good for the squad because everyone is competing in training and it’s improving us as players and as a squad”.
