Mourinho wrapped up a £30m deal for Ivory Coast and Villarreal defender Eric Bailly before Zlatan Ibrahimovic agreed to a transfer to United from Paris Saint-Germain.
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Nevertheless, he will hope to continue to see players return from their extended breaks after global duty and pick up more positive signs through the rest of the pre-season schedule to ensure that confidence is high within the United camp and the players are fit and firing to make a quick start to the Premier League campaign.
De Gea said: “I think we signed top players, really good players”.
Jose Mourinho’s second game in charge of Manchester United brought his first defeat as his team lost 4-1 to a lively Dortmund side in Shanghai on Friday.
“At the moment, I’m not even creating a team”, Mourinho stressed on the club’s official website at www.manutd.com. “And I know that the players are waiting for the season, for the real season, for the competitive season, to try to have the success that every supporter wants”.
Mourinho has quickly made an impact since succeeding the divisive Louis van Gaal, with his winning mentality, organisation and bulging CV impressing De Gea.
“That is one of the most important things in football, when you have already played games, you are fitter and you are better”. We have 38 matches in the Premier League, we expect to play a lot of them in the Europa League and domestic cups, so a squad of let’s say 22 players (means) there will be a space for everyone.
“I always had that good feeling about United, for sure, and I think the fans feel the same”.
Mourinho also remarked that United have been looking at a “few options” regarding their fourth summer signing.
Before adding on Ibrahimovich: ‘You know he is a top player, he is a top striker. Does the result matter, or will it be all about finding the best tactics to make the team flourish next season?
‘It is my first time here.
“But in my club we are not going to have that. But I think we are improving, we are building a fantastic team and we are optimistic, of course”.
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United travel to Beijing on Sunday ahead of their game against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at the Bird’s Nest on Monday.
