Manchester United press conference live: Updates as Jose Mourinho previews Tottenham game

Manchester United host Tottenham in Saturday's early
kick-off and Jose Mourinho will be hoping to welcome
back a number of first team stars.
Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera are both likely to
face late fitness tests ahead of the game, which pits
second against third.
Both sides are level on 20 points in the table, with
United sitting higher on goal difference alone.
Mourinho is due out at 1.30pm, you can follow live
updates with us right here...
On the Carabao Cup draw
“Which draw? I’m not [happy].
“First of all, because I didn’t watch the draw and
what I watch was not a live draw, was some images
of a draw, but no, I didn’t like it.
“I like the draw, I like to see it, I like to feel it, I don’t
like, not at all.”
On Luke Shaw saying he wants to
play under Pochettino again
“Luke Shaw was just honest. The manager that
helped him to come to the first, to come to the best
moment of his career is a manager that do not forget
he likes a lot and that maybe one day he would be
reunited again so for me the perfect words that show
Luke Shaw character in relation to the people that he
happy with.
“He has a future here - I think he has - but the
situation is not easy because he comes from injury
after injury after injury. He needs two, three, four, five
or six matches in a row to play, to make mistakes, to
get condition, to get match fitness and I cannot give
him that. In this moment I can’t give him that.
“If he was a midfield player, central midfielder player,
then yes, because we only have two left backs we
have so many options, so the situation is not easy.”
On failed bid to get Dier, signing
Matic
“I have the player that I want to have, probably I have
the player I didn’t think it was possible to have but
we got the player I really wanted.”
On United's advantage over Spurs
Man Untied have had an extra day to recover from
their mid-week exploits. Mourinho had this to say
when asked about it.
“I hope every time I have one day less than the
opponent you do the same question but I don’t think it
makes an impact because my feeling is the majority
of the players who played that match are not going to
play tomorrow.
“Maybe I’m wrong but I think Sanchez, Vertonghen,
Eriksen, Aurier, Winks, they had so many players not
involved in the game or played just a few minutes that
are going to play tomorrow so I don’t think it has a
real impact.
“Alli played but he didn’t play against Real Madrid and
I don’t think it’s a problem for them and they are a
young, strong team, also physically, so I think they will
be what they are, a very good team.”
Tottenham played a day later than United (Image:
Getty Images Europe)
On the Old Trafford 'fear factor'
“I don’t think it’s fear factor, I don’t think anyone is
afraid to come and play us at Old Trafford.
“Just think normally we have good performances at
home, we trust our game and yes, the results we can
say positive at home.
“We had lots of draws last season, too many but
normally at home we are a strong, confident team so
we try to do something tomorrow.”
On Harry Kane being injured
“I don’t speak about injured players, so don’t ask me
about Harry Kane because if I speak about him I have
to speak about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, [Marouane]
Fellaini, [Paul] Pogba, [Marcos] Rojo, [Michael] Carrick
- so I don’t speak.”
On defensive options
“Jones is good, he was on the bench on Tuesday, no
need to play, but he was ready - so he is really ready.
Eric - let’s see, [he’ll have] one more training session,
but he is the only one that I hope from the injured
group that can be ready for tomorrow.”
On team news
“Nobody is back. Jones was on the bench the other
day and is okay. Bailly is a possibility.
“We have no Zlatan Ibrahimovic, no Paul Pogba, no
Marouane Fellaini, no Marcos Rojo, no Michael
Carrick, so don’t speak to me about Harry Kane.”
(Image: Manchester United)
Mourinho on Saturday's game
“I think we are fine, I think we are strong and I think
we are ready.
“At home, we are a confident team. We trust our
game, the results have been positive and we will try
to be the same tomorrow.”
Zlatan's being talking to MUTV
Ibrahimovic on his return: “The aim is, like I said
before, to finish what I started. Just for me to come
back and have the smell of the grass, feel the heat
and feel the atmosphere. That for me will be the
trigger point where I will switch on and be the lion
that I am.”
United recognised for 1999
Manchester United have now officially been world
club champions twice following a ruling by FIFA
today.
The council of the sport’s world governing body said it
had officially recognised the winners of the
Intercontinental Cup, which was staged between 1960
and 2004, as club world champions.
The competition was usually played between the
winners of the European Cup and South America’s
Copa Libertadores but was dogged by violence,
disagreements over the format and disinterest from
European teams. Liverpool, for example, refused to
play Argentina’s Boca Juniors in 1977 and 1978.
British clubs had a very poor record in the
competition, with Celtic, Manchester United,
Nottingham Forest, Liverpool (twice) and Aston Villa
all losing finals before United finally beat Brazil’s
Brazilian side Palmeiras in 1999.
The Red Devils also won FIFA’s revamped
tournament, the Club World Cup, in 2008.
Welcome
Harry Kane will miss Tottenham’s Premier League
clash at Manchester United on Saturday due to a
hamstring injury.
The England striker came off during the closing
stages of last weekend’s win over Liverpool and will
not be risked at Old Trafford.
Victor Wanyama (knee) is the only other absentee for
Spurs as they look to claim a victory that would see
them leapfrog the Red Devils in the table.
But what about United’s injury news. Marcus Rashford
and Ander Herrera are both in with a chance of
playing but Marouane Fellaini, Eric Bailly, Michael
Carrick, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos
Rojo are all still out.
Stick with us for updates on them and much more as
Jose Mourinho faces the media ahead of the visit of
Mauricio Pochettino.

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