United would win the title with Pep, says Yorke
DWIGHT YORKE has launched a stinging attack on Manchester United’s style of play under Jose Mourinho and claimed they would win the title with Pep Guardiola. Mourinho insisted before tonight’s trip to Brighton that he had no problem with David de Gea being United’s Player of the Year for the fourth time in five seasons — despite admitting last year that ‘something is wrong’ if the goalkeeper gets the award. But Yorke, a key member of the swashbuckling Treble winners of 1999 who now works as a United ambassador, compared Mourinho unfavourably to Manchester City boss Guardiola and claimed the Portuguese is not being true to the club’s attacking traditions. ‘Look on the blue half of Manchester,’ said Yorke. ‘Don’t tell me those players are so far superior to the players we have. We’ve got a very strong attacking line-up. The difference is they’ve got a manager who thinks positive and plays attacking football. We have a manager who wants to win 1-0 and be defensive.’ Asked by Dubai Eye radio station if United would win the league and score 100 goals like City with Guardiola in charge, Yorke said: ‘I think they would definitely win the league, because he’s on the front foot. He’s playing attacking football.’ United striker Romelu Lukaku will miss tonight’s game as he receives treatment on an ankle injury, but he is expected to be fit for the FA Cup final against Chelsea on May 19. Meanwhile, Mourinho remains hopeful that Marouane Fellaini will sign a new contract. ‘I’m still positive,’ he said. ‘The offer he has now on the table is a better offer than he had six or eight months ago. It’s a process. But if he leaves, so be it.’