Zlatan Ibrahimovic creating ‘functional empathy’ at Manchester United, says Jose Mourinho

United take on Turkish side Galatasaray in Gothenburg tonight.

Mata completed the scoring 15 minutes from time, taking advantage of some sloppy defending to turn home Carrick’s low cross from three yards out.

And Swedish striker Ibrahimovic believes the future is bright for the Red Devils, who continue to be linked with a £100m move for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.

Rashford is probably who I am most looking forward to seeing progress under Jose Mourinho and it’s going to be very interesting to see how he fits in.

“It’s really good to have Zlatan already here training with the team”, said the stopper.

It was a dream start for both the player and the club, but United failed to build on that and Galatasaray soon began to settle into the match as the first half wore on.

Boss Mourinho opted to use the 34-year-old up top with Wayne Rooney, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Anthony Martial behind him.

“Cantona did that and helped numerous young players at United at that time”.

That restored United’s one-goal advantage, but they soon extended the cushion when Valencia stood the ball up to the back post for Fellaini to loop his header over the keeper and into the far corner.

Schweinsteiger, however, has been omitted from the 23-man squad, intensifying speculation that he will leave the club in the transfer window.

“If the players were not in my plans I would not give them one single minute, I would not keep them in my squad”.

For very different reasons, there has been speculation, too, about the future of some of Galatasaray’s squad.

Valencia got his third assist when Marouane Fellaini headed home his cross, before substitute Juan Mata stabbed in a fifth to round off a dominant display by United, who open their Premier League campaign away to Bournemouth on August 14. “Then you need to get the rhythm by playing games”.