Leicester vs. Manchester United: Jose Mourinho’s Community Shield Presser Quotes

Jose Mourinho appeared to suggest there will be no room for Bastian Schweinsteiger in his squad for the upcoming season but confirmed he is targeting another midfielder amid speculation linking Manchester United with Paul Pogba.

Per Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News, the Special One was asked about Schweinsteiger’s future as he addressed the media ahead of United’s Community Shield match with Leicester City on Sunday:

Mourinho on Schweinsteiger: ‘What is happening is happening in every club in the world, which is the manager decides his squad.’ #mufc

— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) August 5, 2016

According to Rob Dawson and Luckhurst for the Mirror, he added:

I normally like to work with 20 players plus the three goalkeepers, which is what I do for 15 years because we have so many players, but at the same time we also have so many competitions and especially the Europa League is a competition that changes a lot of the season. You can play 15 matches, you play on the Thursday, you have a big risk, travel a lot.

Normally you are going to play the Premier League on the Sunday so I made the decision to be with 23 players plus three goalkeepers, which I think is still a lot and I had to make my decisions.

The Portuguese reiterated he would be pursuing another major addition to his squad this summer, though, per Metro’s Chris Winterburn:

Mourinho on big signing, “Yes we have 22 now and we are going to have 23.”

— Chris Winterburn (@Chriswin4) …

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