Cape Town – Eric Bailly has revealed that he chose to sign for Manchester United, instead of rivals Manchester City, because of manager Jose Mourinho.
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Ibrahimovic – 35 in October – swapped French champions Paris Saint-Germain for United as a free agent at the start of July, reuniting with former Inter boss Mourinho.
The versatile player who can slot in in defence or midfield was heavily linked with a move away from Old Trafford after the announcement of Mourinho as Manchester United manager.
But with Chris Smalling out injured during preseason, Blind has been played both at centre-back and in midfield by Mourinho.
“I know it’s a one-off game, but we want to show we can win a trophy early on – we feel that’s an important event for us”.
“I am 100 per cent convinced that Schweinsteiger will not return to Germany”, Rummenigge was quoted as saying by TZ.
“I didn’t speak to Pep Guardiola, but the “second” manager called me”.
“I think in pre-season until now, I’m doing a great job and I’ll keep working hard and we’ll see how it ends”. I came back only last week so I have to improve my condition but it was OK out there.
The player’s brother Tobias, who coaches Bayern’s U17 team, took to Twitter on Monday to send out a cryptic message many believe was directed at Mourinho.
Mourinho is back at United’s Carrington training headquarters after a less than successful pre-season tour of China, as his side lost heavily to Borrusia Dortmund and then saw their game against Manchester City called off due to bad weather. He is very honest. It was fantastic. We had great support and this is my country.
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“He’s a good player”, the Italian defender added.
