“Let’s see if Pogba will also [come], then it will be even more interesting”. A scintillating scissor kick by the Swede against a strong Galatasaray side found its way straight into the back of the net, giving goalkeeper Fernando Muslera no chance to stop it. “It’s a game between Italy press and United Kingdom press who announce it first and who is worse”, he Tweeted. The way he speaks to individuals, the way he talks to the group, the way he makes players feel so confident.
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“They are playing really well, their training has been top and I think that we have signed really good players”.
The pair were joined in the squad by four others who did not travel to China for the first leg of United’s pre-season preparations – Matteo Darmian, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin and Anthony Martial – following their involvement in the latter stages of Euro 2016.
“If he is excited to play for us, we’ll be excited to have him back”. So with 60 matches we can not do it with 11 players.
Mourinho admits his players are behind schedule in their preparations after their friendly against Manchester City in Beijing was called off because of an unfit pitch.
“We lost a week in China and some of the boys that played today had trained two days”, he added. Mourinho played down the victory over Galatasaray, ahead of their season opener on August 14 at Bournemouth, and refused to single out Ibrahimovic for his fast start in United colours.
And Crespo revealed the 34-year-old has grown less temperamental as he has matured.
But Mourinho has strengthened his hand with the signing of Ibrahimovic.
“Ibrahimovic made me understand that he admired the career I’d had, as an older player with more experience than him”. “There is something big on the go”.
“Of course Marcus (Rashford) and Ibra showed glimpses of the things they can bring”.
Ibrahimovic responded in his inimitable way, saying “I admire Cantona and I heard what he said”.
FC reported that both clubs have already finalized the deal and Pogba is already a United player for next season.
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He did not need a goal to do that though, with De Gea claiming Ibrahimovic is acting as if he has been wearing the red of United for years. It was fantastic. We had great support and this is my country.
