Manchester United Transfer News: Willian Targeted by Jose Mourinho, Top Rumours

Jose Mourinho has reportedly “set [his] sights” on a reunion with Chelsea star Willian at Manchester United, and the Brazilian is understood to be “keen” on the idea of playing under his former manager again.

Per BBC Sport’s Simon Stone, despite image-rights issues, Mourinho is still set to be appointed as the new United manager as a replacement for the departed Louis van Gaal, and he is expected to enter the transfer market in order to bolster the Red Devils’ underperforming squad.

According to Shaun Custis in the Sun, Mourinho “knows he will have to double” the £30 million fee he paid to sign Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala when at Chelsea in 2013, but the Portuguese is eager for the forward to join his Old Trafford “revolution.”

Custis added that the 27-year-old also wants a reunion with Mourinho but, though Willian praised his former manager as “special” and said he had “a great relationship with him,” he refused to be drawn on whether he would move to United:

“I don’t think about that. I’m here on Copa America duty with Brazil and I’m not here to do interviews about other things,” he said.

“That is something my agent deals with,” Willian added when asked if he was in talks with Chelsea over a new deal.

Willian’s current deal with the Blues still has two years left to run, and it seems highly unlikely that Chelsea would be prepared to sell him to a direct Premier League rival, not least because he was one of their few high-performing players in 2015-16.

During Chelsea’s disastrous opening to last …

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