Pogba in Manchester today?

We bought a creative player, a player we know the qualities he has. “I’m happy with the effort that the club has, and is still putting in for us”. I am very pragmatic on this.

Mourinho already has signed striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and center back Eric Bailly.

Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has summoned Paul Pogba to begin pre-season training with the club amid talk of the midfielder being set for an imminent switch to Manchester United.

“I think our market was good”, Mourinho said.

“Normally I like to work with 20 players plus the three goalkeepers which is what I have done for 15 years”.

“You are getting someone who is not going to dominate a game on the ball like a Xabi Alonso or a Paul Scholes but is going to go from box to box”.

United’s first match in the Premier League is against Bournemouth on August 14.

In the absence of Pogba, the Coach is designing a different type of team, one he certainly doesn’t lack the players for.

He told the Daily Mail for BT Sport: “When he left, I said: ‘Why are you leaving?'”.

But Mourinho played things down on Friday when he was asked about the Schweinsteiger situation. For two years, they had some principles of play that are not my principles of play, clearly are not.

He added: “I think especially for the players that were involved in last season, it must have a meaning”.

And there was more, as he complained further, “There are things that when I do (them), it is not ethical but when others do (that), nobody says that and everything is normal”. So we try to give balance. We made decisions. We chose to bring four players, not 10, that are Man United level and that we think can really improve the squad and not just be one more.