Jose Mourinho blasts Arsene Wenger in First Press Briefing at Manchester United

A couple of days after man City unveiled Pep Guardiola, on Tuesday it was the turn of Man United to present Jose Mourinho for the first time at Old Trafford.

Mourinho took the opportunity in front of the press to virtually confirm the signing of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (although Mourinho failed to mention the player by name), while it took the former Chelsea boss just eight minutes to attack Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Mourinho also took a swipe at former United boss Louis van Gaal talking about “philosophies”.

The best quotes from Mourinho’s first Man United presser are below:

I cannot hide my disappointment that we are not in the Champions League. Hopefully, it is the only season we are not there. But obviously the club is more important than me and Manchester United is a Champions League club. In July 2017 we have to make sure we are there.

I was never good at hiding behind words or philosophies. I was always more aggressive in my approach, with the risks it can bring. To say let’s work, let’s try to be back in the top-four, let’s try to do well in the Europa League – I am not good at that. To be more aggressive is to say we want to win.

There are some managers who last won a title 10 years ago. Some of them have won none of them. For me, it was one year ago. If I have a lot to prove, imagine the others. I have to prove to myself. That’s my nature. I would never be able to work without success.

Is the third player official yet? No. It will be an official soon. We made a nucleus of four positions as a priority to give a certain balance to the squad, and a push in terms of quality that I want. 

I never run away from my responsibility but I can say it’s not my responsibility that Ryan Giggs is not in the club. The job that Ryan wanted to have was the one they have given to me. It’s not my fault. He wanted to be the manager of Manchester United. The reasons the owners, the board, can tell you is that they decide the job was for me.