Sol holds Macc chat
FROM BACK PAGE themselves with. Shaw, Martial and Paul Pogba are among those publicly criticised by Mourinho.
Asked in an interview with Barcelona legend Hristo Stoichkov what his Old Trafford “diamonds” lacked to compete at the top level, he replied: “They are lacking maturity. I wasn’t a player but when I say maturity I mean on a personal level.
“We were more like men. We were more mature, more prepared for life, less protected. In English they call it spoilt – spoilt kids. People who surround the players, who protect them too much, who give them – in my opinion – too much care, too many excuses. There’s always an excuse for everything.”
Mourinho hinted his kids needed to be stronger characters: “When we talk about Shaw, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, we’re talking about young lads, but who are missing a bit of ‘that’.” SOL CAMPBELL is in talks with Macclesfield about taking charge of League Two’s bottom club.
The Silkmen are seven points from safety, with just one win in 18 games.
Town sacked Mark Yates last month and ex-England defender Campbell, 44, is understood to have held talks with Macc chairman Mark Blower yesterday about being their new boss.
Campbell (top) has been helping out coaching England’s Under-21s.