Mourinho hopes to unite Manchester United fans

Mourinho is aware from his own visits to Old Trafford that the 75 635 capacity stadium can be an intimidating place, and not just for opposing teams.

“It’s a new chapter in the club’s life”, he said.

He went on to make four appearances for United, but it appears he did not do enough to persuade Mourinho to keep him at Old Trafford for the long term.

And the Daily Record cite friends close to Mourinho who claim the United boss is frustrated with his new employers for failing to sign Sanches.

Three players have already arrived – Eric Bailly, Henrik Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Villarreal, Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively – as the Portuguese looks to mould the squad he inherited from Van Gaal to his liking. Adding to that, with the likes of Timothy Fosu-Mensah beginning to breakthrough who could really become a star and can do a job in that position I feel it is going to be hard for Varela to get any kind of game time in the near future.

Mourinho is expected to reshape his squad this summer, but the changes are unlikely to be as drastic as the report suggests, especially considering the team’s Europa League participation next season.

Therefore, I feel it is the correct decision for Jose Mourinho to allow the two said players to depart from the club and promote other youth talents such as Axel Tuanzebe and continuing including the highly rated Timothy Fosu-Mensah.

He told adidas Front Row: “I am not humble when I talk about targets, I’m quite aggressive on that”. I want everything and everything is to win matches, play well, score goals, don’t concede goals.

“I know that we are speaking about a hypothetical situation which is very hard to reach but I want everything”.

Arindam is ESPN FC’s Manchester United correspondent.