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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23468113" data-attributes="member: 158020"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" />'I'm confident I'll get one' - Mourinho does not think he will get multiple transfer targetsManchester United manager Jose Mourinho reiterated the belief that he  will only sign one player before the transfer deadline, despite his  demands for two.Mourinho has cut a frustrated figure during the pre-season tour of the United States, where the Red Devils have failed to impress without a number of their World Cup stars. United's lack of transfer activity following the big-money arrival of Fred and Portuguese teenager Diogo Dalot  has been the source of Mourinho's discontent after the disgruntled  tactician provided the club with a list of five targets months ago.Leicester City defender Harry Maguire, Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld,  Chelsea star Willian and Inter winger Ivan Perisic have been linked  with moves to Old Trafford as United try to dethrone Premier League  champions Manchester City.Asked if he was confident of signing two players before the window  closes prior to the start of the season, Mourinho told beIN SPORTS:"No.  I'm confident I'll get one. "I think two is not what I will get. I think in every pre-season it  happens basically the same with probably every club, which the manager  wants more.It is our nature and our way to always want more for your  team."But club decisions are different. Normally you don't get what  you want which basically happened throughout my career. If I sign one  player before the window closes, that's fine." "More or less, I know. It's not going to be very different," Mourinho  said when asked if he knew his best starting XI, with Nemanja Matic  injured following surgery, while Antonio Valencia is also nursing a  problem."We basically have the same players. The players we have bought one  is a goalkeeper cover [Lee Grant], one is a 19-year-old kid, so in fact  we have one new player which is Fred, so of course our team is not going  to be very different." United open their Premier League campaign against Leicester on August  10 and Mourinho's preparations have been hampered by injuries and the  absence of stars like Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford and  Jesse Lingard following the World Cup. "I agree that when the season starts the transfer window closes,"  said Mourinho. "I'm not a big fan of one player starting the season with  one club and then a couple of weeks later the window is open, he moves  to another club and he plays against his former club - I really don’t  like that."I agree totally with the window closing at the same time as the  Premier League starts. What I don’t agree with is that the Premier  League starts now. "You look at other countries with lots of players in the World Cup  they start later - Spain and Italy starts later. The Premier League  could and should do that."Mourinho also discussed Pogba and his performances at the World Cup as  France reigned supreme – the United boss once again highlighting the  need for the star midfielder to focus in Manchester.Pogba has been linked with a return to Juventus having struggled for  consistency at United, while he was benched for both legs of United's  Champions League last-16 exit to Sevilla and substituted in Premier  League losses to Tottenham and Newcastle United."The World Cup takes a month and for one month players are in a  closed camp, isolated from the external world, isolated from commercial  compromises, isolated from every possible influence, Mourinho said. "They are there, just for that. Dimensions of the matches are getting  bigger and bigger. When they fell they are going to the knockout phase  and can win the World Cup, they close each other. It's a strong shell.  They just think about football. It's the perfect habitat for a young  player to grow up and flourish."</blockquote>

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