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Mourinho said he was expecting to have only one new player before the new Premier League season, although he submitted a list of five transfer targets to club bosses earlier this year.
The failure of United to strengthen its resources and the absence of several key players from the first team after the World Cup forced Mourinho to line up several untested youngsters during the US tour.
On Saturday, United was torn apart by Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the penultimate game of the Red Devils before facing Real Madrid's Miami on Tuesday. They will face another friendly against Bayern Munich in Munich on August 5th.
Mourinho, who became increasingly pessimistic during the tour, was frustrated by talking about the club's relative inactivity in the transfer market.
"I would like to have two other players," said Mourinho. "I think I'm not going to have 2. I think it's possible that I have one I gave a list to my club of five names a few months ago and I Wait to see if it is possible to have one of these players, if it is possible, it is possible.
"If this is not possible, it is not possible, if it is possible, it is fine, otherwise we continue to fight, to work and to believe in the players we have. "
Responding to a question about the performance of Chilean international Alexis Sanchez against Liverpool, Mourinho suggested that the pre-season tour had been of little value, adding that the team was just trying to "survive ".
"Do you want him to be very happy with the players he has around him?" Mourinho said of Sanchez.
"We do not play here to improve the team or improve our dynamics, we play here just to survive and have not very happy results.
"Alexis is the only attacking player, we do not have wingers, we have no scorers, he is the only one who is here, and the poor are there to make his best with the frustration of someone who wants more. "
Mourinho, meanwhile, praised the contribution of top players such as Sanchez, Juan Mata, Ander Herrera and Eric Bailly. Bailly volunteered to face Liverpool after Chris Smalling was injured during the warm-up.
"Today, we have four or five players who have died because they care about the club and try to give everything, even by risking themselves, because they do not want to leave all children play alone against Milan, against Liverpool, "said Mourinho.
"Eric Bailly was not going to play and when he saw that (Chris) Smalling was injured in the warm-up, he decided himself that he did not want to d & # 39; another child on the field and (Juan) Mata and (Ander) Herrera. "
Aggravating United's problems, Mourinho revealed that the Serbian international Nemanja Matic would miss the start of the season after being operated on in Philadelphia to face an undisclosed injury.
"He came to the World Cup with an injury, and the time he had to rest during the holidays was not enough to solve the problem," Mourinho said.
"He went to Philadelphia to a world specialist and he was operated on immediately to try not to lose more time."
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