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José Mourinho refused to know if Manchester United could fight for the title without any other additions to his team.
Mourinho said Monday that he wanted two new recruits to bring Fred, a midfielder for €. 62 million, and Diogo Dalot, a back for 21 million euros, during the summer.
Asked if the existing United team is good enough to qualify for the title, the director said: "I do not answer your question."
This response came after the Portuguese had made a Negative evaluation of the pre-season tour of the United States – they face Milan here on Thursday – because of the high number of its front-line players missing because of the cuts to the World Cup. 19659002] Mourinho believes that this may embarrbad his team before his Premier League campaign, which starts against Leicester at Old Trafford on August 10.
He was reluctant to admit that some of United's rivals also had key employees on vacation. If you look at the players of Chelsea and Liverpool [available] in the preseason, especially these two teams, also Arsenal – if you compare, you see the difference in the situation.
"Manchester City and Tottenham are in a situation similar to the one we are experiencing but you can see that other clubs are in a different situation.The first game of the season is against Leicester and the second is against Brighton and I'm looking at Leicester, if I'm not mistaken, only [Maguire] and [Jamie} Vardy were in the World Cup in the final phase, because [Kasper] Schmeichel was back earlier.
"So a team that works for six weeks minimum with all players except a defender and a attackers who can join the last weekend and who will probably be available; it's clear that it's a much better situation for them. "
Medical Department
He added:" When I look at Brighton, I do not think that they have a player who does not do a very good pre-season with a lot of workout and of matches. So, against Leicester and Brighton, the situation is not incredible for us. I would say the third match, playing against a team [Tottenham] a situation similar to that of us, so after three weeks, that's fine. But for the first two games, we have to fight for points, so that's what we are going to do with the available players. "
Marcos Rojo is a player who can not join the Mourinho team in the US 19659002]" I do not know, he is in medical service, in touch since the World Cup, where he had a physical problem, "confirmed the manager." The medical department must make a decision whether he joins us or whether he is going to Manchester for recovery. "
Regarding his major purchase from summer to present, Mourinho added: "Fred is a technical player and have him in the team, people love [Nemanja] Matic, [Marouane] Fellaini, [Paul] Pogba, even Ander [Herrera] are physical, strong.
"We think that a player like Fred, Andreas Pereira, is more technical, more quality by the way, playing in short spaces, maybe connecting with attacking players, we thought that # He could be an important player for us. "
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