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Yeesh. Like, how dare his players have a successful World Cup?
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With Manchester United currently under way on a US tour as part of their preparation for the 2018/2019 Premier League season, Mourinho has publicly taken a swipe at the players currently missing from pre-season training due to their involvement in this summer’s tournament.
Going one further, the former Porto boss has claimed that he will have to rest up to seven of his first-team squad for his side’s Premier League opener against Leicester City due to their exploits in Russia. Those seven are World Cup winner Paul Pogba, star striker Romelu Lukaku, the ever-inventive Jesse Lingard, lightning-quick Marcus Rashford, the age-defying Ashley Young, the ball of hair ‘n’ elbows known as Marouane Fellaini, and, err, Phil Jones.
Added to that, Jose has dubbed his pre-season preparations as “very bad”, whilst lambasting the Premier League and Sky Sports for making United vs Leicester take place a day earlier than the majority of EPL opening games.
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Andrew Pollard
A longtime football and wrestling fan who's managed to somehow make a career out of writing and talking about such things, Andrew likes to think of himself as an entertaining, informative, and occasionally humourous writer and radio personality - although you may completely disagree with that.
When not writing or talking about the beautiful game and the squared circle, this Welshman can usually be found watching the not-so-mighty Wrexham AFC, scanning sports channels for any sort of football whatsoever, or re-watching classic Bret Hart matches of yesteryear. Elsewhere, Andrew is known as the Online Editor/Lead Writer of Starburst Magazine, a contributor for outlets such as TheRichest, WhatCulture, and TheQuiz.com, a radio presenter for CalonFM, and a panel host for Wales Comic Con.
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