Mourinho offers a scathing critique of Man U pre-season screenings: "I would not pay to watch that" | Soccer

Jose Mourinho saw his Manchester United team beaten by Liverpool in Michigan and then insisted that American fans deserved more from the International Champions Cup.

United's boss was abrupt after his team's 4-1 defeat on Saturday night. In a remarkable 12-minute press conference, he called on his board of directors to hand over at least one new signature before the end of the transfer window, revealing that he had given her a list of five names "a few months ago" and said United had been in the US this summer only to "survive" and "get not too ugly results."

His comments on the quality of the match, however, will cause the most of eddy. Saturday's game was followed by a crowd of 101.254, but Mourinho later told them that he would not have paid to see what both teams had served.

"The atmosphere was good, but if I were them I would not be coming," he says. "I would not spend my money to see these teams"

"For example, I Chelsea was watching against Inter on TV today, people decided that the beach was better than that, so the stadium was empty.

"These people have shown how much they love their clubs, they just come to enjoy their clubs, it's fantastic, and why people like Herrera and others have so much respect for the fans, and they give everything that they have. "

Although he was impressed by the fans, Mourinho did not have the same feelings towards American officials.

"The atmosphere was obviously fantastic – two fantastic goals from [Andreas] Pereira and [Xherdan] Shaqiri, but the referees, they came by mistake," said the manager. "They were called by the baseball federation and thought it was a baseball game they came in. was football.It was very fun. "

Mourinho added:" The passion that many Americans have for football deserves more … He deserves the best teams

"What creates passion is quality, good players, good teams. It's a good Liverpool-Manchester United, a good Manchester United-Real Madrid. But then you have the World Cup, no respect for clubs or players, players deserve a vacation. "I'm sorry for the people who have been working since 2004 to try to promote football in the country, the way they are investing to bring the best clubs to the US We and other clubs, Liverpool was different, we could not give people real quality football, which can attract even more passion. "