“I’ll be looking to impress, hopefully when I play in France he’ll be watching”.
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Mourinho is expected to be announced this week as the replacement for Louis van Gaal, who was sacked on Monday.
“I think it is a good wedding [with United] because Mourinho really knows the Premier League well”.
“United fans expect a certain style of play, attacking, it didn’t come, which hopefully the new manager will bring them”.
Scholes is also keeping his fingers crossed that his best mate Ryan Giggs will get to keep his job at the club, as rumours circulate that the Welshman will be jettisoned after over twenty years service. People run away with the impression of Mourinho and it’s the same with Van Gaal. “He knows how the club works”, he said.
The Sun reported that Mourinho wants Giggs to stay at Old Trafford and that he has been offered the chance to be the coach of the under 21 players of the club.
A banner draped over one of the giant stands at Old Trafford reads: “Giggs – Tearing You Apart Since 1991”.
“I think he [Ibrahimovic] is not young but still fit”, Ancelotti, who coached Ibrahimovic at PSG, told the Daily Telegraph.
“I always worked well with him and would have been keen that the co-operation lasted longer”, said the Dutchman after breaking off from training with the national squad who are preparing for a friendly against Ireland on Friday. “That is what you get”.
Manchester should brace itself for some fascinating local derbies if Jose Mourinho joins United, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger said on Wednesday.
“I think everybody involved with the club, the fans especially would love him to be involved in some way where it’s assistant or just helping by being around the place…”
However, the duration of Mourinho’s contract and his salary have reportedly been agreed between United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and Mourinho’s agent Jorge Mendes. He is one of the few talented players who doesn’t have to say on the pitch, ‘I want to score’.
“Even though there was so much being written about him losing his job over the last months, he always looked to protect and shelter us”.
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“I admire him as a coach and despite a hard season with a lot of injury misfortune, he still ended it with a good title”.
