da 888： Jose Mourinho needs to make an impact at Manchester United this summer.
da doce： As if his arrival on the scene opposite his sparring partner at City wasn’t enough, Mourinho knows that the Etihad club will be spending big to win the title next season.
Therefore, the new United boss will have to match him and go like-for-like. As with all clubs at this time of the year, some players will go and some will come in, so it’s more the who is coming in that excites the Old Trafford faithful.
There are a number of good players at United, but Mourinho will want them playing his way and that will mean bringing in his own targets.
With a reported £200m to spend, just who will Jose bring in?
They will need to be quality, to add the extra ingredient that was missing last year and he will need to build a spine that he can trust.
Here are five players that Jose just can’t miss out on this summer…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The 34-year-old Sweden international is a winner and Mourinho has worked with Zlatan before, so he knows the player inside and out.
The striker has won more titles and trophies in various countries than most and more importantly, he scores goals. Manchester United lacked this commodity last season, but Zlatan is a virtual guarantee of the ball hitting the back of the net.
His charisma and arrogance isn’t to everyone’s liking, but he is an experienced striker on the European and world stage and brings qualities to United that just aren’t there currently.
Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen calls him “the perfect fit” because of his record as a serial “winner”.
Peter Schmeichel claims the striker is “born to play for Manchester United”.
The man has a reputation that would put the fear of God into most Premier League defences.
Paul Pogba
The Frenchman isn’t having the best Euro campaign, but there are flashes of why teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid want to spend millions on him.
The Juventus midfielder is likely to leave Turin this summer with Real leading the way, but Pogba has unfinished business at Old Trafford.
With Mourinho at the helm, Pogba may be swayed by his charm into signing and being a part of a new dawn. Jose wants Pogba so badly that he is willing to offer Matteo Darmian as part of the deal.
£60m is what United want to pay, but Juve want more for the 23-year-old.
John Stones
If ever there was dead cert transfer this summer, Stones to United is probably it.
Mourinho couldn’t buy him when he was at Stamford Bridge, as Everton dug their heels in, but now the England defender is sure to move away from Goodison Park.
Stones is seen as a special talent and full of potential by many in the game. However, last season under Martinez, his game took a decisive nosedive and whilst the cultured youngster likes to play out of defence, that is where he got caught out so many times.
He has the poise and the quality and only Mourinho at this stage can knock him into shape.
N’Golo Kante
The Frenchman is someone that Mourinho really doesn’t want to let slip from his grasp. The Leicester sensation is on course to depart The Foxes and a host of top clubs are eyeing the 25-year-old.
Not only Manchester United, but PSG are now interested and Mourinho will need to fight hard to win his signature.
Kante was the heartbeat in the Leicester team and works hard with his tireless running. He was key to Leicester’s system by winning the ball before attacking players had the chance to do anything with it. T
his is exactly where he thrives. Kante also spends quite a lot of time out on the wing, helping to protect full-backs and when he noticed space out wide to be exploited, he was there.
As Ranieri says: “He never stopped running in training. I tell him, ‘One day, I’m going to see you cross the ball, and then finish the cross with a header yourself”. He’s unbelievable.”