The ‘keeper, therefore, has also been enthused with United’s business in the transfer market this summer where they have already signed Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan , and is really excited to work under Mourinho.
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Discussing Guardiola, he said: “Of course I’ll shake his hand – I don’t understand the question to him and I don’t understand the question to myself”. “I hope we can leave soon so we can prepare ourselves for the game against Manchester City”.
“I feel for the fans, for the club and the players (that something exciting is coming) – you feel like it is a new era”.
“The reality is even in this situation we have six players still in Europe, plus (Wayne) Rooney and (Chris) Smalling who are only training”. It’s a problem for me, bad conditions for my players to train and bad conditions for my players to play.
Using a quirky motorsport reference to explain the difference with Dortmund, Mourinho said: “I don’t think I can analyse them [the players] with such difference in preparation”.
De Gea continued: “He is a strong character”.
“With me it is not going to be different”. He is a strong character but he makes jokes.
On a hot and humid night in Shanghai, the recently-appointed United manager’s first real test ended in a comprehensive defeat to Thomas Tuchel’s men.
Pep spoke about the game and what he expects from United this season.
Jose Mourinho put Manchester United’s 4-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai down to the Bundesliga side’s greater fitness levels in pre-season.
“Manchester City have all of their players”.
The French player made some changes to his social media accounts that seemed more than a little pointed – changing his profile images to ones dominated by the No. 9 and unfollowing the club’s Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Guardiola spoke in Beijing ahead of City’s clash with Jose Mourinho’s side on Monday, a match that is dubbed “First Manchester Derby in Beijing”.
“What happened with Vincent Kompany the last two years was so hard for him and the team”.
“The message from the owners and Mr Woodward was this – “Get your three years, do your work, improve the team and bring us back where we belong during a three-year period”.
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“He added: “[It] is very, very hard for the Premier League.
