“I think we are going to have a very quiet week, not surrounded by helicopters waiting for someone to arrive or leave – I am more than happy with the squad I have”.
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The 20-time English champions have never won the Europa League since its inception despite playing in the competition twice.
His side will face Turkish club Fenerbache, Dutch side Feyenoord and Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk.
“There are groups in the Champions League that are very similar, so it is good for that”, Mourinho told a press conference.
“I can not say Zlatan doesn’t play one single match in the Europa League, because that’s not the case”. He stated on Friday that he was happy to have the German legend stay at Old Trafford, but conceded it would be very hard for him to break back into the first team squad.
Don Hutchison says that the Europa League won’t be a priority for Jose Mourinho, but believes that he will still want to win it.
“It is good for the fans and for the players because it will help motivation”.
The Israeli champions were eliminated from the Champions League play-offs by Celtic.
Jose Mourinho has delivered a tub-thumping training ground address to his Manchester United players, telling them they are ready to win the Premier League.
Robin van Persie was an instant hero at Old Trafford.
Now coached by former Arsenal and Barcelona left-back Giovanni van Bronckhorst, the Rotterdam side are captained by Dirk Kuyt, formerly of Liverpool and Fenerbahce.
O’Donnell was part of the Shamrock Rovers side which reached the Europa League group stage, but then lost all six games, five years ago and he senses a different mood around the current set-up.
The top two finishers are joined in the round-of-32 draw by eight third-place teams from Champions League groups.
Southampton were drawn in Group K alongside Italian club Inter Milan, Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic and Hapoel Be’re Sheva of Israel.
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Group D: Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia), AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel), Dundalk (Ireland).
