Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho spoke at his press conference this afternoon, ahead of his side Manchester United’s match against Italian giants Juventus at Old Trafford tomorrow evening.
With quotes taken from what he said, here is a round-up of Mourinho’s press conference – including the topics of a Real Madrid return and the touchline drama in Saturday’s match against Chelsea.
When asked about the fitness of Chilean Alexis Sanchez, Mourinho was plain as he declared him out of the game.
“The player you saw are the players available. Nothing to hide. Alexis is out.”
His former club Real Madrid have been rumoured to have been linked with him, but he claims he is focused on Manchester United for now.
“No I'm happy here. I'm happy to see out my contract. I would like to stay after my contract at Manchester United.”
Cristiano Ronaldo will be facing his former club and coach in the tie and Mourinho believes he's one of the best players all time.
“I thought Cristiano is on a level where he does not need these questions and these answers. He is one of the best players of all time. Nobody can tell different than that. He is one of the best of all time. It is as simple as that.”
Manchester United form have been questioned recently but Mourinho believes they can get a result out of the match
“United's form was shown in the past two matches. The way we want to play, the way we can play was shown in the past two matches. Let's try to do it again.”
Antonio Valencia is also out of the encounter and Mourinho give the breakdown about his injury concerns.
“The reason was he was 10 days out of training with a problem - not an injury, but he had a very complicated surgery on his mouth. He had 10 days without training and needed time to recover after that.”
About their 2-2 draw against his former club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge he had this to say.
“Everyone was happy with the collective performance but not the result. There were contradictory feelings. What I told the players was to get the best out of these feelings. One side keep the happiness, the pride and confidence in the way we play, and use that anger if you want to call it that, to motivate yourself to play a big match.”
Mourinho was furious at the reporters when he was asked about Paul Pogba, claiming he doesn't like to talk about individuals.
“I don't like this press conference. I don't want to speak about Pogba, about individuals... "I feel the press conference is going in another direction and I want to go in another direction.”
“Juventus have a lot to offer and an extra year experience with the same coach and structure.”
Mourinhio added: “I’m going to play against one of the biggest teams in the world and that’s what motivates me.
“The challenge of tomorrow is to win the game but we will do our best and see how we stand against one of the best teams in Europe.
“We know it’s a big game and we are really prepared for the game tomorrow.”

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