Deal at Old Trafford, says Mourinho

py to do what the player wants and I also know that the board want him to stay and they’re working on that, so hopefully sooner or later they arrive with good conclusions.”

As for United’s progress, Mourinho added: “It is a very difficult group and to qualify with a game to spare is good. The performance had a lot of good things and a lot of disappointing things too.

“We lost too many chances, crucial ones in crucial moments. This is the kind of game if you score in the first minute you normally go for a different performance. You could pay with a draw and with a defeat too. David de Gea only had one save but it looks a phenomenal save, a save that the best goalkeeper in the world does and gives his team the possibility to win.

“We had more than one chance, we had a lot of half chances. It is not about blaming one player who missed a chance at the beginning of the game.

“Goals win games. I am happy with Marcus Rashford’s intensity, the way we started and the intention we showed but then it is not easy to cope with the frustration and result that does not suit us.

“The most important thing is to qualify and for some of my lovers, and those that like stats, I have spent 14 seasons in the Champions League and 14 times my teams have qualified from the groups. The season I was not in the Champions League, I won the Europa League.”