JOSE MOURINHO USED Paul Pogba’s unveiling as a Manchester United player to once again take a swipe at his Premier League rivals.
United finally confirmed the capture of Pogba this week, having parted with a world-record fee to bring the Frenchman back to Old Trafford from Juventus.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp raised doubts over the move – which could be worth as much as €110million – while Mourinho’s long-term rival Arsene Wenger branded the deal ‘completely crazy’.
Mourinho said the pair’s comments were “not ethical” last week, and used an interview with United’s in-house TV station MUTV to once again belittle Liverpool and Arsenal.
He said: “I know the discussion, I understand that, sometimes in football, things happen and the club breaks the record, but this is only possible at clubs like Man United.
“When I heard some of the comments and heard some of the managers criticising that, I don’t think they ever have this problem because, to have this problem, you need to be at one of the top clubs in the world. So at Man United it can happen.”
Turning attentions to his latest recruit, Mourinho was lavish in his praise of a player that left United on a Bosman move for Turin four years ago.
“He’s a very young player, an unbelievable midfield player with such physicality but, at the same time, such agility, co-ordination, skill,” Mourinho added.
“He has everything. What he has to learn now is how to play with us because I always say that in football you can be a super player, like he is, but a team is a team and you need to learn how to play in the team, and the team needs to learn how to play with you.
“We need to get the best out of him and this will be a process. So if he needs protection, I am here to protect.
“I know some people think that he arrives here now and, the first time he touches the ball, he scores, but I’m here to protect him and give him the best conditions to be what we think he is going to be, which is a football player for Man United, a reference for this club. I’m so happy.”
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I’m sorry Jose, i’ll only rate you when you join a club and don’t require several hundred million immediately for players.
I love Jose and the circus and controversy he brings to a club.thankfully he hasn’t changed
spend is relative
he puts manu rightly in the league of big clubs, powerful clubs, clubs today who can arrest decline before it sets in and goes on for 26 years
i saw the interview. communication is so much more than the spoken word. he was direct but he was not taking a swipe. being a scouse must mean you assume everyone wants to take a swipe at you.
As you take a swipe yourself
nah, gave that up a long time ago. just stating facts now.
Porto??
Basically he’s saying that Utd have the money and in order to compete at the very highest level you need to spend it (occasionally a Leicester will come along and do it on the cheap or the team produce a home grown crop of talent a la Man Utd in the mid 90′s). If you want to have the best at anything you have to pay top dollar. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSG, Chelsea, Man City & Man Utd all compete at the highest level by using their resources (money) to make themselves better. Its the way of the world, the haves versus the have nots. Read this bit again as it summarises succinctly what he is saying:
“I know the discussion, I understand that, sometimes in football, things happen and the club breaks the record, but this is only possible at clubs like Man United.
“When I heard some of the comments and heard some of the managers criticising that, I don’t think they ever have this problem because, to have this problem, you need to be at one of the top clubs in the world. So at Man United it can happen.”
its worth looking at
http://www.newstalk.com/WATCH:-Jose-Mourinho-on-Pogba-and-a-proactive-transfer-window-for-Manchester-United
Only Real, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have won the European cup in recent times with that cash! United are delighted to win the FA cup after spending quarter of a billion sterling.
So we just ignore the likes of Leicester and to a lesser degree atletico Madrid, Dortmund etc. Them boys spend nowhere near their rivals and continually compete with them non the less
Not a big fan of Jose, but didn’t he do that at Porto Del?
Not since then
He did it with inter milan
Did it at Porto and Chelsea were unproven when he took them over, even if he was given a blank chequebook. His achievements at Inter were also considerable.
He did leave Inter in a downward spiral, alienated many players…
He’s spent more on transfers than any manager in history
That’s not counting Utd
Left inter as European champions I guess it can only be downhill from there..
He took over an successful Inter, from there parked the bus, did win CL, fair play to him, but he did leave them in a mess, much like Chelsea. Funny watching you lot defend him like crazy, 9 months ago, you were all manically twisting that knife…. great fans…
He left after winning a treble with inter it was Rafa who fcked it up when he took over so try harder next time lad
What about Chelsea then mark
that was just pay back and pay out time for prior grievances
They hated him when he left, same at Madrid, same at Chelsea, he destroys. But, at the right club for him I guess.
What about them
Poor mark
Inter were the highest spending club in Europe under him.
Still a great manager by his current record & at his age, possibly has his best years ahead of him.
I don’t support a premier league club but if I was a Man U fan I would be seriously happy at this signing.
Forget the money, that makes little difference to a club of this size.
Forget the past and what they let him go for, again that doesn’t matter a jot in 2016.
What Man U have got here is a big, extremely athletic midfielder with a great touch and an eye for goal.
He’s also still a young fella with a lot of room to improve.
Pogba would realistically walk into any team in the world and there’s very few players in the EPL you can say that about
Spot on Aaron!
So you are a fan ?
Celtic and Cork City and then any of the Irish players individually playing in the EPL just no club itself John
Ok so man utd let pogba go for 1·5 million then buy him back for 89 million and this makes sence how ,,,, yup big club all right , big nd stupid
Mourinho does not know the meaning of the word ethical…let’s watch him spit the dummy soon…horrible creature
So two managers gives their opinions on what another club does with their spare cash, after one buying nothing again and other buying some the worst overpriced players he could find and when Jose tells them to fup off there’s outrage……. well ok.
Pogba cost 90 million after he was sold for 800,000 that’s about as overpriced as you get.
Both managers are on 50 million contacts + agent fees + imagine rights but I notice that wasn’t brought up at all when talking about the inflated market.
Klopp a aside, the amount of money liverpool have wasted on absolute wasters is disturbing and wenger spends nothing so Arsenal are just all about the money as they have given up on winning, 4th is the target every year.
There is’nt a team anywhere in Europe that Pogba wouldn’t improve
Where would he fit in the Barcelona team?
In midfield!
LOL
That is a bit general, whereabouts in the midfield or would you play him there on his lonesome?
Midfield General
Have you run this general lark by Jose or Zlatan #egofit
Thought I’d check with you first,do you think it would work?!!!
Thank you, how considerate. Time will tell but no i don’t think he would work in the Barcelona midfield.
Your right,he’s awful,probably wouldn’t get a game with the Balscadden Blues either,I guess Barcelona had a lucky escape!
Lucky escape? breaking news here, were Barca in for him, tell us more. All top players on the world scene would obviously prefer to win the FA cup over the champions league.
You do realise the Barcelona scenario came from you or is that also breaking news to you!
Is this the same scenario regarding Barcelona where you still did not really answer my question allowing for the fact that Pogba plays “midfield”
Attacking or defensive midfielder, now go to sleep or Santa will bring you a big bag of ashes for Christmas!
A very decisive answer. Night night pet if I can sleep now that you have put santa into play.
Weirdo
Who Pogba, Mourinho, Santa or have you got the selfie stick out?
I replied to your account,work it out!
Nighty night again Simple Simon, I will let you have the last word.
Whoooo!!
Generals don’t go missing in big games!
If people judge pep guardiola as a failure when he doesn’t win the champions league should we judge mourinho at the same level?
with the squad he inherited and what he has added then Jose will be a much bigger failure if he doesn’t deliver big over three years
“Mourinho says something provocative shocker”
Mourhino just oozes class…
i guess they have good reason to complain. it must kill the scouse that the closest they have come to premier league title is when king kenny was at Ewood Park or that on 15 occasions the thing they covet so much was in a cabinet 30 miles down the road. or that between club and manager the manu set up has won it 16 times in that time,
Manchester United has won record 13 titles under Sir Alex Ferguson since 1992 and there have been only 4 other teams in last 23 years to win league title with Chelsea winning 4, Arsenal 3, City 2 and Blackburn Rovers solitary success in 1994-95
Aw, would you look at that. A statistician. How cute.
like i said, facts, not a swipe
Ah poor del
Cannot deny Fergies record, but funny to see Man Utd fans now talking about the past….. And worshipping Jose….. what a bunch of whoring tramps….
Did association football begin in 1992, man United fans love to bleat on about their premier league titles and how Liverpool have never won the premier league. It’s like their record before football was invented in 1992 doesn’t exist. Bunch of intolerable ass holes
Poor Gerry , why not go and rub your special spot
It’s grand I get more satisfaction rubbing your oul ones
I absolutely love how obsessed and outraged opposition fans are with Jose, united and their transfer business. A great sign for me that the fear is setting back in. I never liked Jose’s personality, still don’t, but he has a record of winning things and I’ll take that. Yes Zlatan is old and Miki is in his prime but Bailly and Pogba are young along with a lot of the squad so I can see some future planning there.
and Leicester
What happened?
Guy is a dick, hope he flops at united he needs a big wallet to manage
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