Mourinho: ‘People with brains’ understand Man Utd are in transition

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says people with “a brain” and “common sense” appreciate the team is in a period of transition.
Mourinho has repeatedly been criticised for a style of play that is perceived to be unadventurous.
That intensified after their Champions League defeat by La Liga side Sevilla.
“I understand the sadness of being knocked out in the Champions League, but I don’t understand anything more than that,” Mourinho told CNN.
“In the history of football all around the world, not just in England, you had the biggest clubs with the moments of transition, you have the biggest clubs with moments of continuous and permanent victories, and these are phases in the club.
” United, in second, are 16 points behind leaders Manchester City in the Premier League and the title could be decided in the Manchester derby at Etihad Stadium on 7 April.
After United progressed into a record-equalling 29th FA Cup semifinal with a 2-0 victory over Brighton on Saturday, Mourinho accused his players of being “scared to play” and questioned their “personality”.
On the eve of the game, the former Chelsea boss – who won the Europa League and EFL Cup in his first season as United manager – had delivered an impassioned 12-minute speech defending his record.
In his interview with CNN, he added: “Looking to us in the Premier League we have one team, one club clearly better prepared than us in the past few years to be first and we have 18 clubs behind us.
One in front of us, 18 behind us.

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