Manchester United vs. Sunderland: Jose Mourinho’s Key Pre-Match Presser Quotes

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has criticised the festive Premier League schedule, insisting it’s a congested spell “for some clubs, not for everyone.”

In his press conference on Friday ahead of Monday’s match with Sunderland, Mourinho also confirmed that midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin will be allowed to leave United in the midseason window.

But the Portuguese expressed his ire at the festive agenda, insisting it has not been devised fairly, per Jacob Murtagh of the Daily Mirror:

The busy period is for some clubs, not for everyone.

If you analyse clubs, the fixtures are chosen to give rest for some and to create problems to others.

But we are used to it because we’re in the Europa League and that is a competition that creates more difficulties—we know that, Southampton know that and Tottenham will find out.

The Red Devils take on the Black Cats on Boxing Day at Old Trafford before they face another home clash with Middlesbrough on December 31; two days later they take on West Ham United at London Stadium.

By comparison, after their fixture on New Year’s Eve against Stoke City, league leaders Chelsea will not play until January 4, when they face local rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

United look like they will have to negotiate a packed January without Schneiderlin, after Mourinho confirmed he will be allowed to leave the club. West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis said the Baggies had lodged a bid for the player on Friday, per BBC …

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