“I do not speak about the others”. For two years, they had some principles of play that are not mine – clearly, they are not.
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Asked if fans could expect Pogba to arrive in the coming days Mourinho said: “I am very pragmatic on this”. “What matters to me is only what happens in my house, not the house of my neighbour”.
The Pogba saga has dominated the transfer window in recent weeks and reports have suggested the Juventus midfielder will join United in a deal worth well in excess of 100million euros. “So next week we will have our squad closed”.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says the club would have signed Portugese midfielder Renato Sanches had he been appointed manager earlier on in the summer.
“I don’t like to speak about other players”, he is quoted as saying by Sky Sports. It is not ethical.
“I think especially for the players that were involved last season, for them it must have a meaning, because to play in the Community Shield you need to be champion or have won the FA Cup, and they won the FA Cup”. “In other countries they don’t want to share the money, the television rights”.
“I think our market was good”, said Mourinho, adding he hopes United’s transfer business is concluded prior to their Premier League opener at Bournemouth on August 14. This is the profile of our market. Of course, we are going to try to win it.
“I am happy with my squad”.
Mourinho was keen to stress that his own philosophy was simply “different” to van Gaal’s rather than better, and he admitted that fans will have to be patient before they see the work he is doing with the squad. “The others, it is their problem”.
But speaking at a news conference ahead of his side’s friendly at West Ham United on Sunday, Allegri said: “Mourinho rightly says he’s not talking about Pogba because he’s a Juventus player”.
One man not in Mourinho’s plans is former Germany global Bastian Schweinsteiger who has been banished to the reserves. “The manager decides his squad and chooses a certain number of players to face the season”.
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“I don’t want to talk about numbers but the player is a fantastic player and any team who buys him will be very well set”.
