United will face Dortmund and Manchester City during their eight day visit to China, before heading off to Sweden for a friendly against Galatasaray. I don’t think it’s possible for Man United to win so much in the next 20 years than it happened in the past 20 years.
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At 34, Ibrahimovic arrives at United in the twilight of his career, but Mourinho claims that his age should be forgotten about when judging his contribution.
“But I think you only have to look at the teams he’s had before, and the success he’s had with them, and we’re hoping he can bring that to us”.
“If the player doesn’t want to be with us, goodbye – be happy where you want to go”.
“I know that at the national team level you have this capacity of trying to make things complicated for yourself, so what happened around him in the summer was not a surprise for me”.
While Mourinho has confirmed that Wayne Rooney will retain the captaincy under his management at United, the new manager admits that he wants more leaders on the pitch.
“I think we are going to be challenging for every sort of title that we can go for this season”.
“When I first did it, the first thoughts that went through my head were “am I going to play football again” and “how long am I going to be out for”, Shaw said. “We’re enjoying the training at the moment”.
“First of all, I know him very well”, Mourinho said. “But he wanted to leave and my philosophy is I don’t want players who want to leave”. “So we sold Juan to United”. He knows that I know he is a good player and he has space in the squad. “I like communication and push them to communicate”.
Mourinho, who knows the player from their time together at Inter Milan, is happy that he has tailored the Swede’s pre-season work just right after consulting his backroom staff.
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“In the end there will be space for everyone, we have 38 matches in the Premier League, we expect to play a lot of them in the Europa League and domestic cups so in a squad of, let’s say, 22 players, there will be a space for everyone”.
