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raumdeuter:
Fabien Barthez is just like a Jens Lehmann never an icon of goalkeeping

Never made it to Balon d or podium

dubylhover:
I'm not d one that wrote that,I just posted what I saw,seems this pogba matter wud linger on,by the way y does Madrid even want pogba?

kokaneprodigy:
As it stands real madrid still beats manure to wealth rank. Manure is 3rd behind Barca.
There is a difference between financial recklessness being fueled by desperation and the picture you are trying to paint like manure is richer than madrid. This is far from the truth.

Just saying....

dubylhover:
According to Sky Sports Italia (via
Football Italia ) Juventus do not want to sell Paul Pogba and the player has no particular desire to leave either.
Despite many claims from the English media that Manchester United are close to agreeing a deal worth €120 million, reports from Italy suggest that the player will be at Juventus next season.
The press in England have reported that Pogba will be offered wages worth €13 million per season, over a five-year contract, if he was to join Manchester United – something Juventus cannot even attempt to compete with.
Pogba is already at the top of Bianconeri’s salary cap on €4.5 million per year and Juventus would definitely not be able to match the wage increase should Pogba request it.
However, according to Sky Sport Italia, Juventus are one of the most financially solid clubs in Italy and can afford to turn down €120m. They claim this evening that not only are Juventus in a position to reject the offer, but also that Pogba has no particular desire to leave Turin for a return to Manchester united

#sky sports italia

Leyqute:
Rooney's sharpness in front of goal and concentration has dipped in recent years. At times he's confused with what to do with the ball when in a position he's supposed to make quick decisions, losing possession dangerously. Maybe this is due to LVG or Moye's straight-jacket tactics, I don't know.

However he needs to increase his sharpness to remain competitive and survive. The other day he had to be pushed so the ball could deflect off him into the net.

Leyqute:
Why will a world class forward be pushed to the midfield so that 18-year old Rashford can be the top striker?

Please accept that Rooney's days are gone so we can avoid a 10-page debate.

GBR1:
Jose really exposed Rooney. I would post the quotes shortly or can someone help me with them?
The exact quotes.
@joeace2020

GBR1:
Good. Rooney must not play in midfield, confirmed.

diggz:
Lol.....!

Rooney should be ashamed I swear.....

adeyemi2015:
No wonder Giggs rarely showed emotion or care when we were losing games, playing boring Footie!

End of press conference

And with that, the first press conference comes to a close.

Some interesting points there from Mourinho - they won't just be aiming for fourth place this season, but to win some silverware.

He says he has nothing to lose despite his acrimonious departure from Chelsea last December.

He says the club had four transfer targets at the start of the summer and they have now signed three of them.

Mourinho defended his record of bringing through players from the academies of the clubs he has worked at - produces a list of 49 players.

He says Alex Ferguson advised him to bring an umbrella and his best bottle of wine.

Giggs left under his own accord, it was nothing to do with him.

Mourinho on Rooney

In football there are many jobs on the field. I think the one that is more difficult to find is the guy that puts the ball in the net. Players change their characteristics during the years and it is normal that a player at that age changes a little bit.

But there is something you will never change and that is the natural appetite to put the ball in the net.

So maybe he is not a striker anymore, a No 9, but with me he is never a No 6, playing 50 metres from the goal. He will be a 9, a 10, a nine and a half. But not 6, not even 8.

diggz:
The beef never left

This season will be mouth watering....

What advice did Alex Ferguson give you?

Bring the umbrella and yesterday I couldn't believe it was raining at the training ground. It was great advice.

The second one was to bring my typical bottle of wine because now we will have many occasions to be together.

He will always be welcome to the training ground and we will have a lot of time to share a lot of our personal stuff. His opinion is an important opinion for me.

Mourinho on Giggs

Mourinho says that is Ryan Giggs comes back during his time at the club, he will welcome him back. He wishes him 'good luck'

Mourinho defends academy record

Mourinho asked about his record in bringing through young players from academies. He produces a prepared list and says there are 49 players on it. He even offers to read them out.

'On lie, repeated many times... but always a lie...'

He touches on Ryan Giggs leaving the club, saying it is not his responsibility or fault that he has left the club. 'The club wanted to give him any important job in the club, he made the decision. A decision when you need to be brave.'

Mourinho asked about City and Pep Guardiola

20 teams can win the title... it doesn't make sense at all to focus on one team and I will not be doing that. I am the manager of the biggest club in the UK... so I'm going to focus on ourselves.

Mourinho: We had four targets, we have three

We made the nucleus of four priorities, four positions. To give a certain balance to the squad, a certain push in terms of quality. The quality I need and want.

Especially the ones with more vision. I am more a manager that likes specialists and not so much the multi-functional players because I am very clear in my model of players Van Gaal murdered in one breath.

Multi-functional players are one or two because when you are in trouble, you need one or two guys who can fill. But basically I want specialists.

We decided four targets. From these targets, we have three. Until we don't have the fourth, we are still working hard. Myself and the structure.

When we have the fourth, I will breathe.

Mourinho: The menu has to change for better, not worse

When people have year after year a certain type of menu, the menu has to change for better not worse.

For United fans, for many years, success was just routine. In the last three years, I want to forget.

I don't want the players to think we need to do better. What is to do better? Finish fourth. Finishing fourth is not the aim. This is what I do with myself.

Mourinho: I have nothing to prove

There are some manager who won the title 10 years ago , some have not won a title ever. the last time I won the title was one year ago. So if I have something to prove, imagine the others.

That was not important to me. I play against myself. I feel I have to prove not to the others, but I have to prove to myself.

I will never be able to work without success. That is my nature, I have always to find the reasons why I have always many questions towards myself.

Mourinho: I want everything

I want everything. I want to win matches, I want to play well. I want to score goals, I don't wan to concede goals. I want everything. Of course, we are not going to get everything. But we want to.

I was never very good at hiding behind words and philosophies, I never tried to be good at that. I was always much more aggressive in my approach with the risks that can bring. Be easy, even honest and pragmatic to focus on the three years and focus on the fact we didn't quality for the Champions League and so on.

Let's work and let's try to be back in the Champions League and top four and do well in the Europa League. I am not good on that, I prefer to be more aggressive and to be aggressive is to say: 'we want to win.'

You can win a short competition, a couple of matches, without playing well. But you cannot win competitions without playing well.

Mourinho: 'It doesn't make me nervous'

It doesn't make me nervous. It comes at the right moment of my career. I arrive at a club that is difficult to describe. It's not a dream job, it's reality. It's a job everyone wants. It's not one everyone gets to have and I have it.

I know the responsibility and at the same time I know the legacy. I know the history of this club. I know what the fans expect from me.

VenusBetty:
my brother, leaders of tomorrow, but we still never find our bearing. Infact some of us don turn leaders of today o.

adeyemi2015:
Lol!
This ain't gonna be possible!
£100m for who?! Pogba?! Chill man! That's ain't gonna happen! If Real Madrid waves it, you think United wouldn't also consider it?! What has he played that's spectacular so far in the on-going Euro?

JayKayMaybachz:
Irving Lozano from Mexico plays for a club Pachuca is about to sign for Utd, he's 20

He's confirmed that the deal has been sealed


Who's heard of him!!?


Happy Sunday familia