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Jose Mourinho put a bad temper on Manchester United's pre-season tour as he prepares his team for the new campaign.
And the dark mood of United manager continued before tonight's friendly against AC Milan, when he suggested Mourinho wants at least two more signatures before the end of the transfer window on August 9 and continuously lamented the fact that he is working with half of his team in the championship. United States, with 10 players in overtime after the World Cup.
It does not matter that many of his Premier League rivals are in the same boat in terms of being absent from the World Cup, Mourinho complained of the injustice felt during the American tour. He aggravated his dissatisfaction at not having yet signed all the players he wants.
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Even though United started the Premier League campaign with Tottenham, the only Mourinho predicted a potentially difficult prospect for his team, with the new season just two weeks away. [19659002] "If you look at the players that Chelsea and Liverpool have in the Arsenal preseason, if you compare, you see the difference in the situation," said Mourinho.
"Manchester City and Tottenham are in a similar situation as us, but you can see that other clubs
" Our first game of the season is against Leicester and the second against Brighton and if I turn to Leicester, if I'm not mistaken, only Harry Maguire and Jamie Vardy were in the World Cup in the finals, because Kasper Schmeichel was back earlier.
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( Image: REUTERS) [19659006] "So I think that a team that works for six weeks minimum, with all the players except a defender and an attacker, who can participate last weekend and who will probably be available, is Clear that this is a much better situation for them.
"When I think of Brighton, I do not think they have a player who does not make a very good pre-season with a lot of" 39, training and matches. "19659002" So, against Leicester and Brighton, the situation is not extraordinary for us and I would say that the third match – against Tottenham – play against a team in a similar situation after three weeks are ok
"It's almost as if you needed a preseason with them, but for the first time two games we have to fight for points, so that's what we let's go with the available players. "
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(Image: John Peters) [19659006] When asked if he thinks that & He gets everything he wants from United's US tour, Mourinho continues his help: "No. I've had the facilities, as always, and I've had the best of it." Incredible commitment of those involved in the process of preparing a good preseason.
"I am happy with the matches, the evolution of the matches. But I do not have the players to work, I do not have the majority of players who will be in the team on August 9 when the market will close and we can make the team official for the season, so of course I'm not happy to have only a few players.
Even though they finished 19 points behind City, last season was an indisputable advance for United, with second place since Sir Alex Ferguson. 20th title of the club in 2013.
But to listen and watch Mourinho, you would not think that United could finally launch a sustained title boost after five years of struggles, with the self-titled Special One getting his apology early and casting a shadow on what should be a season of huge promises and expectations.
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