Chaos leaves Mourinho pining for home comforts

BEIJING: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Sunday he was ready to go home as the club’s pre-season tour of China threatened to descend into farce.

The final match of their China tour is the first Manchester derby outside the UK against City on Monday and Mourinho can’t wait for it to be over.

“It is almost the end and we can go home and train in conditions where the players are safe,” said Mourinho after a wild couple of days for his squad after they lost 4-1 to Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on Friday.

Half of Mourinho’s players were caught on a plane Saturday which had to make a forced landing between Shanghai and Beijing because of a violent storm in the capital.

Striker Memphis Depay tweeted a video of himself outside the plane in Tianjin, saying they were “lost in China”.

“They then arrived at the hotel for dinner at 1:00 am. The players are good and arrived with a smile,” Mourinho confirmed.

Earlier City boss Pep Guardiola had told reporters his number one priority was to avoid any injuries and what could be a treacherous pitch. Mourinho, raising his voice above the melee, agreed.

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