The first press conference of Mourinho before the new season

On Wednesday, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho gave a first interview before the new season at a press conference where he discussed, among other things, the preparations for the next sparring meetings, the "Red Devils" staffing situation, transfer issues or plans for the start of the next games.

Positives from the preparatory period

– I must admit that pre-seasons are a very bad time. However, it is a good time for the young players of this club who have a fantastic opportunity to train with us and so find out what it is to be a United player. They will also have the opportunity to play against fantastic players. Plus, it's also a positive time for my training staff. Three new staff members have joined us [Michael Carrick, Kieran McKenna, Stefano Rapetti – przyp. red.] so they will have the time to adapt to a new professional environment and to my needs. From an organizational point of view, I have nothing to complain about. Everything is fantastic here, including the infrastructure.

Nemanja Matic, David de Gea and Fred will join the team next week

– I can confirm that Matić, De Gea and Fred will join us next week. However, I do not have all my players at my disposal. It's not that I'm afraid to play against Liverpool, Real or Milan. I'm just worried that I can not train with all my players. However, as it is, we must make the most of this situation. Maybe it 's a good situation for Luke Shaw or Eric Bailly, and also for Andreas Pereira, who just came back to borrow. He will consider it as positive

Absence of Alexis Sanchez

– I do not know how it goes with Sanchez. He is very sad because of this situation. This is neither good for me nor for him, essentially for anybody. Nobody is guilty here. The club is making efforts to resolve this situation. I must respect the US authorities in their selection process in the area of ​​visa issuance. However, I hope that he will be able to join us. It is important for me now to work with Mata, Martial and Alexis, as we predict that it will be the players who will start the new season in attack training.

About New Transfer Plans

– I will not say He will come or leave us. We brought Lee Grant because we have a fantastic young goalkeeper, Joel Pereira, who has to play regularly. I believe that in the future he will be the first guardian of Man United. So, in order to ensure that position, and at the same time that Joel could play, we brought Lee. Joel will go on loan. Regarding the transfer of Fred, this process began a long time ago. We believe that it is the type of player we need to fill the gaps in our line of assistance.

Rehabilitation Diogo Dalota

– Dalot is still injured. We knew it when we bought it, but we did not want to lose it because of it. Nevertheless, he is very good at recovering his strength. We expect that he will normally train with the rest of the team when we return to England. He will not be ready to play at the beginning of the season, but we think it will be available to us in September

about Paul Pogba World Championship winner

– The World Cup victory does not come can only give positive results. It's hard to say in the end that it's not good for the player. It's amazing, fantastic. After all, so many good players have never achieved the title of world champion. France is a young team. In addition to Giroud, Llorisa and perhaps one or two players whose names I do not remember, there are young players. They have to play even more tournaments from the European Championships and World Championships. The future that awaits Paul among such a large group of players in the national team seems to be great. I also hope that Paul understands why he is well presented in this tournament. I talk about his performance and his contribution to the victories of his team in general. I think he's just figured out why he's such a good player, especially in the cup stage of this competition.

On the content of the message to Paul Pogby after winning the World Championship

– I behaved with my other players in this tournament. I sent them nice messages before the tournament and I did not bother anyone during the match. They had to focus on their tasks in the national teams. After the World Cup, I sent a message to Paul, of course, because he won the competition.

At the beginning of the Premier League games on Friday

the TV representatives were not too kind to us on Friday. which complicates things for us. I'm worried. It is not the preparatory period, but the fact that I will start the Premier League without many of my players. I do not have Lukaku, Lingard, Marcus Rashford. If Alexis does not work with us for 15-20 days, it will be really bad.