The Standard – Kenya: Jose Mourinho abandons massive transfers before the start of the Manchester United Premier League | The standard

Jose Mourinho wants two more signatures before the transfer deadline – but he's only sure to get one.

The Red Devils boss is targeting Harry Maguire of Leicester, as well as Ivan Perisic of Inter Milan and Willian of Chelsea.

But Mourinho fears that he could only make another signature before the transfer window ends before next January.

"I'm sure I'll have one, but I think two I'm not going to get, which is not a drama," Mourinho said.

"In every preseason, it happens the same thing with every club, which is the manager wants more.

"It's our nature, you always want more for your team, but the decisions of the club are different and normally you do not get what you want that has happened throughout my career, so if I have a player until the end of the market, that's fine. "

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Asked if he would know his best starting line-up, even if he's only able to bring a new face, Mourinho, speaking to Be: In Sport, has said: "More or less, I know, it's not going to be very different.

"We basically have the same players.

"The players we bought are a goalkeeper blanket, a 19 year old kid, so we have a new player, Fred, so of course, our team is not going to be very different."

Mourinho also says that the new Premier League season should begin a week later – in line with the rest of Europe.

Manchester United will launch the new Premier League campaign on Friday, August 10 with a home game against Leicester at Old Trafford.

But Mourinho, who lamented the lack of established players that he has on United's US tour, says it's too early after the World Cup and the start should be a week later .

"I agree that when the season starts, the transfer window closes," Mourinho said.

"I'm not a big fan of a player starting the season with a club and a few weeks later the window is open, he moves on to another club and he plays against his old club – I do not know not like this.

"I totally agree with the closing of the window at the same time as the Premier League, but I do not agree with the fact that the Premier League is starting now.

"You look from other countries with a lot of players in the World Cup that they start later – Spain and Italy start later, the Premier League could and should do it. "