Jose hopes for Utd extension

Jose Mourinho hopes to stay at Manchester United beyond the end of his current three-year contract, but knows results must improve for that to happen.

United face Feyenoord in the Europa League at Old Trafford on Thursday in a game they cannot afford to lose if they are to qualify for the knockout stages.

A defeat would heap further pressure on Mourinho, who has seen his team win just twice in the Premier League since August, with four draws and three defeats.

The Portuguese boss, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the summer, is determined to convince the club’s hierarchy his long-term future lies at Old Trafford.

Mourinho said: “Let’s go step by step. I am in the beginning of my contract, in the beginning of the process.

“If you ask me if I want to stay longer than three years then I say yes, I would love it, but also I have to earn and deserve that.

“If the club feels I deserve to stay then I will be very, very proud.”

United’s board gave Mourinho their full backing in the summer by breaking the …

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