“If they were not in my plans I would not give them one single minute, I would not keep them in my squad”, the former Chelsea manager said.
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“(Wayne’s) gone on to play for Manchester United for 12 years, which is very hard in the present day”, said Ferguson.
The experienced attacking duo played together for the first time during Saturday’s 5-2 win over Galatasaray in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Ibrahimovic opening the scoring and Rooney netting twice.
Mourinho remained very coy on the Pogba rumours during his pre-match interview confirming that he has plans to bring in one more player to the club, but refused to name exactly who that might be.
“When you play as a kid you don’t really think about success, you just want to play”, he said. The Portuguese global spent the last season on loan at Real Sociedad and featured regularly, during his time in Spain.
Alternatively, Fonte – who won Euro 2016 with Portugal – would be a cheaper option and he would have the added advantage of having played in the Premier League for four seasons with Southampton. “There’s no need to rush into anything – I’m taking my time, taking it steady”. I prefer Mourinho, in part because of Didier Drogba, who worked with him.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has only been a Manchester United player for a month, but he’s already in peak Zlatan form for his new employers.
“I can see a lot of smiles and a lot of enjoyment in the training sessions, which is good”.
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Valencia got his third assist when Marouane Fellaini headed home his cross, before substitute Juan Mata stabbed in a fifth to round off a dominant display by United, who open their Premier League campaign away to Bournemouth on August 14.
