United play Galatasaray on Saturday evening in Gothenburg in a pre-season friendly that Jose Mourinho added into his team’s schedule, and Ibrahimovic is part of his 23-man squad he has picked for the game.
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“It’s really good to have Zlatan already here training with the team”, said the stopper.
United will face Galatasaray later on today before facing Everton in the Wayne Rooney Testimonial game on Wednesday.
“You can see why he’s been successful with the way he works and how he gets his message across”.
“But he has this little thing that we want to be careful with given that he is young”. The squad looks good too. When you have a tournament in the summer, the preparation is a bit disrupted for the managers, in a way. If that’s heartbreaking for a few, the more worrying factor should be that the rest in the list are all homegrown players.
‘The coach – he is direct, he is concrete, he says what he wants and the players are adapting. “I’m really looking forward to it”.
David Moyes recently admitted he was keen to bring the German to Old Trafford at the start of his his brief reign in Manchester as the long-term replacement for Paul Scholes.
“I’m not surprised he went to United”, Eriksson told Omnisport when asked about Ibrahimovic’s decision to move to England at the age of 34. There’s been highs and lows.
According to Joe Bernstein, the Dutchman has been told he is part of Jose Mourinho’s plans this year, and is primed to sign a new deal with the club. The United of old was unrecognisable, but not beyond fix. Last season, United finished fifth, once again not qualifying for the UEFA Champions League – Europe’s premier club football competition. He’s come in, he’s been great with the players. We’re ready, we’re working hard.
Fosu-Mensah impressed fans with a series of powerful, composed displays at right back and centre-back last season under Louis van Gaal.
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From producing world-class footballers to chasing players who can earn them a medal, the club’s core structure has changed.
