Mourinho is skilled at the art of the “double-edged compliment” by praising Juventus after Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat by the Italians. But it would have made uncomfortable listening for his club’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, after they lost the UEFA Champions League game at Old Trafford.
Manchester United were outclassed by the Serie A giants and Mourinho made no effort to sugar-coat that reality, but his comments were a thinly-veiled critique of the club’s direction.
“Juventus are champions for seven years. I think seven years in a row. Two UEFA Champions League finals in the last four or five years and not happy with what they have. They want more, they want more,” the former Inter Milan coach told reporters. “They want more. They had (Gonzalo) Higuain and (Paulo) Dybala, they want more. They go for Ronaldo. They go for the best players in the world. Big club with a big past, with a big desire to have a big future,” he said.
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It even spends about 400 million pounds ($ 519.32 million) since he arrived at Old Trafford in 2016. Asked if Manchester United needed investment to reach the level that Mourinho answered honestly "Yes ". The biggest failure of Portuguese is the failure to bring a big reinforcement to the center of defense. And this is probably no coincidence that he was highlighted by Juve of two center-halves, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, for particular praise. "Monsieur Bonucci and Mr. Chiellini can go to Harvard University and give classes how to become a central defender," he said. Mourinho said the draw was that he thought Manchester United was fighting for Valencia for the runners-up spot behind Juventus. "We know it will be a fight in Valencia for the second place," said the Portuguese, whose side is now five points behind Juventus but two ahead of Valencia in Group H, said. Despite losing, Mourinho was pleased with his side's performance. "We played against one of the biggest candidates to win the UEFA Champions League and we made it possible to get different results, especially because of the way we played in the second half," he said. "Juventus was able to keep the ball from us and our intention was to be positive. In the second half, we were more aggressive and a great effort for men. We did not really attack the court options to try."
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