“I won’t be signing any player from Portugal”, Mourinho added.
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Chelsea captain John Terry has backed Jose Mourinho to return Manchester United to previous success.
Mourinho said he could not afford to focus on Guardiola if he wanted to bring the title back to United for the first time since 2013.
Mourinho was accompanied by long-term assistant manager Rui Faria to deliver a talk at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at Lisbon University Tuesday evening.
The Holland global was identified as one of the players that could be moved on by the Portuguese coach this summer, as Mourinho looks to embark upon a major rebuilding process at Old Trafford.
Now struggling with a minor injury, Blind was today asked about the reports that have suggested he is not part of the Special One’s plans at Old Trafford.
Mourinho was confirmed as United’s new manager last week – while Guardiola was announced in February – and the Portuguese manager is now preparing for his first season in charge at Old Trafford. We will have to wait and see whether anything changes for me. One player who was guaranteed to more or less leave or at least be on the chopping board was Juan Mata but the other player linked with a move away is Daley Blind.
“He knows the Premier League very well and I’m looking forward to it [working with Mourinho]”.
“I’m grateful to him because he signed me and so gave me the opportunity to play more than 70 games, in two years, at arguably the world’s largest club”.
“In the Premier League, if I focus on him and Manchester City and if he focuses on me and Manchester United, another team will win the title”.
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“I did not play as many games as I hoped and I am obviously disappointed about that”.
