Mourinho: Too Early To Discuss Transfers

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has stated it is too early to talk about summer transfers.

The Reds manager sat down in front of the media at the Aon Training Complex on Friday afternoon to conduct his pre-match press conference for the Reds’ trip to Leicester City in the Premier League.

Mourinho began by discussing United’s hopes of competing for the title and finishing in the top four this season. That led to a question about whether the prospect of finishing outside of the Champions League qualification places would have any impact on the club’s ability to attract new players this summer.

“To be speaking about the transfer window when we are on the third of February makes no sense at all,” Jose said. “The transfer window opens in the summer and until the summer I have nothing to tell you. The only thing I can repeat is what I told you in the last day of January. I know what I want.

“I have worked with my players for about seven months or so. I know them better now than six or seven months ago. As for what I think we need, I'm very realistic. I know what are the impossible targets.

"I don't like my club to participate in impossible deals, it's a waste of time, it's a gift to these impossible players and to their agents to have a club like Manchester United interested in them, it just helps them to improve their own situation but it's not good for us at all. So I'm very realistic.

“I’m very objective, my board knows what I feel are our needs and from now until the summer I will just focus on my players, our competitions, my club, our fans and try to get the best possible results.”