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Paul Pogba suspended for Manchester United’s season opener against Bournemouth

Mourinho was asked about Adnan Januzaj’s future prospects at the club as the Belgian heads out on loan at Sunderland to reunite with Moyes, under whom the youngster had his breakout season at Old Trafford.

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“We feel that we are candidates to win the title”, he said.

“We know that others have the same ambitions as us”. We can not speak differently. “Hopefully everything will go well for him because we want him back”.

“But at Man United Football Club you can not say differently, we have to fight for the title. It is a good stable team and they will make a hard match for us”, he said. Watching the football they played under Louis van Gaal, it wasn’t a typical Manchester United team and he didn’t play the Manchester United way. They prefer to hide or to play defensively with the words. I don’t think that’s Man United.

“He’s a maverick, he’s got a great personality, and I think at Manchester United you need someone like that”, added Cole.

“I don’t speak about him”.

United will begin their title challenge at Bournemouth on Sunday without world-record signing Paul Pogba, who must serve a one-match ban for collecting two yellow cards playing for Juventus in last season’s Coppa Italia.

The 21-year-old was a breakout star for United two seasons ago but has since failed to show the same quality and consistency that saw him hailed a future Old Trafford star. I speak about the ones that are ready to play. I want to give give him all the conditions to develop and to play well.

“I didn’t know if a suspension from Italian football would be for the corresponding competition in England, which would be the first FA Cup match”. The second card came in the final, which was his last game for Juventus.

Further departures are likely as Mourinho seeks to trim the fat from his first-team squad, but he insisted Januzaj was not being cut adrift.

“If he doesn’t fit in my plans we don’t care about which club and where he’s going”.

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“We have to think about the player”.

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