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with others’ happiness even if the others are your enemies.’
Mourinho warned that United will struggle to make up ground on Manchester City if their rivals, who are 16 points clear at the top of the table, spend heavily again this summer.
‘If the clubs that are in a better situation than us stop investing and we invest, we are side to side,’ he said. ‘If they keep investing the same or more than us, it’s difficult. In the last seven years Manchester City were champions twice — three times because they will be in a few more weeks — and they were second twice. That’s heritage.Do you know what is also heritage? It’s that (Nicolas) Otamendi, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, (David) Silva, (Raheem) Sterling, (Sergio) Aguero, they are investments from the past. Not from the last two years.
‘Do you know how many United players left last season? See where they play, how they play, if they play. One day when I leave, the next Manchester United manager will find here (Romelu) Lukaku, (Nemanja) Matic, of course (David) de Gea from many years ago. They will find players with a different mentality, quality, background, status and knowhow.’
Mourinho refused to criticise his under-performing stars in public but believes the players must step up another level to avoid losing to teams like Sevilla in future. ‘The players have to learn how to cope with that level of expectation and that level of pressure. They have to survive and when they survive they become stronger.’ MARCOS ROjO has signed a new three- and- a- halfyear contract at United with the option for another year.