Manchester United News: Jose Mourinho "worried" because most of the first team's players remain away from the pre-season

Jose Mourinho, proud, regretted not having managed to obtain the graduation of his daughter, listening to the first notes on the campaign 2018-1919 Manchester United

. Mourinho has postponed the first question about the large number of absentees from the World Cup at his pre-season training camp and has focused on obtaining Diploma of her daughter Matilde of the University of Arts London

. one of them must not be there. But that's the nature of the work.

. But it is Mourinho who was the happiest. In the 13 minutes that followed, United's boss made a bad prediction, worrying about the shortage of first division players and how that will affect his team early in the season. Mourinho loves his pre-season trips to the sunny grounds of the UCLA campus. He's been taking things in hand in Southern California since 2004 and clearly thinks that's part of the preparation for the Premier League.

Yet, Mourinho simply does not have the numbers to create a finely balanced machine this summer. Nine players will miss the entire fifteen-day stay in the United States. Nemanja Matic, David De Gea and £ 52m signing Fred will not join the team until next week. Alexis Sanchez remains in the United Kingdom amidst the quarrels of visa. Oh, and a new recruit of £ 19m, Diogo Dalot, is wounded until September

"The pre-season is very bad, I have to say, the only positive preseason thing is for young boys who have a fantastic opportunity to train with us and know what it's like." "It's to be a first-team player from Manchester United," said Mourinho. "Next week will come De Gea, Matic and Fred which is good, especially for Fred, a new player to be with us, but everything is really bad, then we go [back] to the UK and we have to play in Premier League

"I am worried. I must be worried. I'm worried because I do not train and then [we] I go to the Premier League without a lot of players. But we must try to make the most of it and work with the players we have here. Maybe it's good for Luke Shaw, Eric Bailly, and Andreas Pereira. "

Efforts to solve Sanchez's visa problems relate to a 16-month suspended prison sentence in Spain for tax evasion in Spain.if they are resolved in time for the former Arsenal striker plays a role in the United States pre-season program, which begins with a clash against Mexican club Club America early Thursday, before the matches against San Jose Earthquakes, AC Milan, Liverpool and Real Madrid

"If Alexis does not work with us for 15 to 20 days, it will be very bad," said Mourinho. "I know the club is making the effort. I must respect the US authorities in their process and the selection of visas. I hope that he will be able to join us later because it will be important to work with him. "

Mourinho is not counting on any other hires to strengthen his squad, and United has brought Fred, Dalot and goalkeeper Lee Grant this summer, but in the midst of speculation about the goal. long-term Ivan Perisic, Mourinho has cooled the expectations of transfer.

"I'm not going to say that someone comes or no one comes in. I really do not know," Mourinho added. "We lost Michael Carrick and we think Fred is the kind of player we need to complement the qualities of our midfielders."

If there is a thin source of comfort for Mourinho among the absent, it's his new team of Kieran McKenna, Stefano badtti and Michael Carrick can ease their roles.

"It's very good for them not to start immediately with the whole group.They can adapt to me, to my needs and start working in a new role for them", a- he said.

But Mourinho's only true positive football note is that he will be able to appeal to a World Cup winner when his full squad finally meets next month. Mourinho sent a congratulatory message to Paul Pogba after his decisive role in France's triumph in Russia, and he is confident that the midfielder will be able to translate his form from the final stages of the competition, when he will resume his American career. Winning the World Cup can only be positive. It's hard to say that winning the World Cup is not good for a player's career. It's amazing, fantastic, "added Mourinho." So many good players have never had the chance to be world champions or their country is not strong enough. For Paul, I think it's the first World Cup to which he's gone and being a world champion can only be fantastic. "19659132" C is a young team, apart from Lloris, they have more Euros and World Cups together. So I think that the future for him in the French national team can only be brilliant. I hope he understands why he was so good. This is the point on his level of performance and his contribution to a winning team. It is important for him to understand why he was so good in the second half of the competition. In the final, he was absolutely brilliant. "

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