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Jose: Europa League hurts United
- Updated: September 14, 2016
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says the Europa League campaign may hamper his team’s Premier League ambitions.
But Mourinho says he still wants to win Europe’s second tier competition and will ensure his players are motivated for the challenge.
United begin their Europa League campaign at Feyenoord on Thursday night and Mourinho agreed the nature of the competition would make their title challenge more tricky.
“It is more difficult, yes,” said Mourinho.
“Especially because you have also the chance to play on the Monday, but we did not get that privilege, so when we play Thursday, we were never given a Monday spot, to have one more day.
“We know that we are not going to have any kind of support for that, in fact the week when we play Liverpool, Fenerbahce and Chelsea, the gift was to play Liverpool on the Monday, but the Monday …
