Mourinho warns of ‘difficult season’ for Manchester United

After suffering a 1-0 defeat at the hands of German champions Bayern Munich, Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho said Manchester United face a “difficult season” unless they strengthen their squad before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

It was the final match for the Red Devils in their pre-season campaign.

Javi Martinez headed home a second-half winner to give Bayern victory in a match they totally dominated.

“My CEO knows what I want and I still have a few days to wait and see what happens,” Mourinho told MUTV.

“The other clubs who compete with us are really strong and already have fantastic teams. Or they are investing massively like Liverpool, who are buying everything and everybody.

“If we don’t make our team better it will be a difficult season for us.”

United have so far signed three players this summer Brazil midfielder Fred for £47m, Portuguese defender Diogo Dalot and third-choice goalkeeper Lee Grant.

They open the Premier League season against Leicester City at Old Trafford on Friday.

Former chief executive Peter Kenyon said on Sunday he believes Mourinho needs to find a way of “working out” his issues with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.

United ended their preparations struggling to threaten Manuel Neuer’s goal at the Allianz Arena.

World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba, Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku and England forward Jesse Lingard were among a number of players missing from United’s preseason fixtures.