Jose Mourinho Lays Out Summer Transfer Plans

Now Mourinho’s fourth choice at left back behind Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo and Matteo Darmian, and The Mirror report that Shaw has resigned himself to leaving Old Trafford in search of first-team football.

Manchester United will be looking to kick on from their EFL Cup triumph when they welcome Bournemouth in Saturday’s early game.

So a smiling Jose Mourinho – clearly more relaxed after becoming the first United manager to win a trophy in his first season – went straight to the point by talking about the futures of both players. Eddie Howe’s side started 2017 in the top half of the table but a winless run of seven league games have seen the Cherries in danger of possibly getting into a relegation battle.

Bournemouth: Boruc; Smith, Mings, Cook, Daniels; Surman, Arter; Fraser, Wilshere, Pugh; King.

“With my owners and my board, the relation I don’t think is just professional, it’s also a relation of trust and a relation that goes further than the contract, the manager, the owner, the board, so I’m happy”.

United won the FA Community Shield by beating Premier League champion Leicester City in August.

There was also an update on club captain Wayne Rooney, who Mourinho said will also be named in Saturday’s squad.

France certainly would have been a change of scenery for the 54-year-old – he has never managed there before but already spoke French well and could’ve used the Eurostar to commute from London so as not to uproot his family. Bournemouth have conceded 51 goals, the second highest in the league, and have lost their last four matches.

The 25-year-old’s return will come as a boost to United as Jones has been in excellent form in recent months having put his injury problems behind him.

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After a slow start to life in the Manchester United hot seat, Jose Mourinho is finally beginning to bring the best out of what is undoubtedly a very talented squad.