The former Chelsea boss has been consistently linked with United if Louis van
Gaal leaves the club in the summer, although Mourinho was keen to emphasise no agreement is in place.
Not exact matches
With Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez the only senior recognised strikers
left at the
club following the departures of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao earlier
in the
summer, van
Gaal hinted that a deal for an unnamed striker was
in place [via Guardian Sport] and it now seems he may well have a battle on his hands to bring Llorente to Old Trafford.
One of van
Gaal's key jobs at Old Trafford this
summer will be bringing
in central defenders, with experienced partnership Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic both having
left the
club on free transfers this
summer.
United continue to publicly back Van
Gaal, who is under contract at Old Trafford for another year, but the Dutchman appears increasingly certain to
leave the
club in the
summer even if he manages to guide them into next season's Champions League.
In a summer that saw a number of senior players leave Old Trafford, as well as the sale of Angel Di Maria, who had only arrived at the club 10 months earlier in a record - breaking transfer from Real Madrid during Van Gaal's first transfer windo
In a
summer that saw a number of senior players
leave Old Trafford, as well as the sale of Angel Di Maria, who had only arrived at the
club 10 months earlier
in a record - breaking transfer from Real Madrid during Van Gaal's first transfer windo
in a record - breaking transfer from Real Madrid during Van
Gaal's first transfer window.
Jose Mourinho is desperate to have a deal
in place before the squad
leaves for Los Angeles on Sunday, which may be cutting it fine but
in the
summer of 2015, United signed both Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin hours before heading to the United States of America on the
club's pre-season tour and their defence of the International Champions Cup which Louis van
Gaal had won the previous
summer, beating Liverpool
in the final
in Miami.