Football: Mourinho Rules Out January Defender Swoop
Muhammad Rameez Published January 07, 2017 | 08:45 AM
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, Jan 7 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Jan, 2017 ) - Jose Mourinho will not sign a new defender in January despite losing Ivorian centre-back Eric Bailly to the Africa Cup of Nations, the Manchester United manager said on Friday.
Mourinho has been linked with a potential move for a central defender, with Southampton's Portuguese centre-back Jose Fonte having handed in a transfer request and reportedly a target for his countryman.
But Mourinho says that with Phil Jones back to full fitness and in fine form and Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo performing solidly, he will not make any such move. "No, I wait for Bailly," Mourinho told reporters at the United training base west of Manchester.
"I hope the three can control the situation in those eight matches.
"I will try to rest one in every game. On Saturday (against Reading in the FA Cup) I will rest one, against Hull (in Tuesday's League Cup semi-final first leg) another.
"We'll try to make a rotation between these three. We still have Daley Blind as the fourth in case we need him to play there. We have Michael Carrick, so let's try." Benfica defender Victor Lindelof has also been strongly linked with United, but Mourinho's position suggests the Sweden international may now have to wait until the end of the season to complete any move.
Despite being satisfied with his squad, Mourinho says it is a tall order to expect his team to cope with the pressure of competing on four fronts: the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and Europa League.
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