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Jose: We can better fourth
- Updated: December 22, 2016
Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United can do better than fourth place in the Premier League, but says he does not wish to set a definitive target this season.
Mourinho’s United are currently in sixth place after three straight wins, four points off the top four as they enter the busy Christmas period.
They finished outside of the Champions League places under Louis van Gaal last term, and Mourinho says he does not wish to make fourth a target, insisting his side can achieve more than that despite the tough competition.
In an interview with Sky Sports News HQ, he said: “For me to be happy, it’s an accumulation of factors. For me to be happy is the way we end the season playing, the evolution of the team, the empathy with the supporters, the results in many different competitions we are playing.
“So let’s see where we finish, I don’t want to say fourth, because I think we can do better than fourth
“But we have the risk of not finishing fourth because the competition is so hard and the top teams have the same ambitions as we have. So I don’t want to say fourth or third or fifth.”
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