Jose Mourinho after
guiding Man U to a 2-1 win over Leicester City in the community shield on
Sunday has dedicated the trophy to former Man U coach
Louis Van Gaal.
Louis Van
Gaal was sacked at the end of last season despite leading the team to win the
FA cup title, and Mourinho, his friend who replaced the Dutchman after
overseeing his new side's 2-1 win over Leicester City at Wembley decided to
dedicate the win to his former Barcelona colleague as well as seven first-team
players left out the match squad.
"I want to
dedicate this victory to eight people, Mourinho told BT Sport.
'Seven of my players
that were not selected because they weren't but they deserved to be. They
worked hard to be but I had to make changes so people like Ashley Young, [Phil]
Jones, all of them not selected, this is to them.
‘And also for the
person which allowed us to be here today which is Louis van Gaal because he won
the FA Cup and without him we wouldn't be here now celebrating.’ Mourinho also
claimed the world record £100million arrival of Paul Pogba from Juventus is
close to being completed.
‘I think so,
finally,' Mourinho added. 'It's amazing such a good player is with us and
finally we have him and he comes to a winning side - a side that won the last
two matches in the cup final and the Community Shield. So he has to work hard
to come to the team.’
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