Mourinho wanted me at Manchester United – Kante

However, Eric Bailly, a summer recruit from Villarreal, has surprised Mourinho and United fans with his excellent start to the season alongside Daley Blind.

It is also claimed that Mourinho sees Griezmann as being the ideal long-term replacement for Wayne Rooney in United’s attack.

Late goals from Diego Costa earned Conte wins in his first two Chelsea games against West Ham and Watford, while the Blues cruised to a convincing 3-0 victory against Burnley before the worldwide break to leave the west London club with maximum points and second on goal difference.

“I trusted the manager and it didn’t happen as I wanted it to but that’s life and I’ll learn from that as well”.

“Yes, I feel I’m a pretty complete player but I’m not an outstanding player”. He was one of the star performers for the Foxes in their incredible Premier League winning season, making the most tackles and interceptions in the division. “I wouldn’t say [van Gaal] he is a bad coach, he is a very good coach, but unfortunately he could keep his word to me about that”.

In his third year at United, Shaw has been joined by summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic as Mourinho aims to bring success back to the red half of Manchester.

He insists the atmosphere has changed at Old Trafford since the Dutchman’s exit. The main thing for me was playing. He’s focused on himself and the team, but he wants to do the best he can and get the best out of us players, too.

United had quite possibly the greatest summer transfer window of anybody, ever, so that certainly overshadows a transfer deadline day that saw no activity at all. “It’s just a different atmosphere”.