The 54-year-old Portuguese coach recently stated that Red Devils are not spending enough in the transfer market has not enabled them to challenge city arc-rival Manchester City, who are leading with 15 points ahead in the Premier League table.
Manchester United January targets revealed
Former Chelsea and Porto boss moves to Old Trafford summer of 216 Mourinho he has gone on and spent £260m on bringing new players to Manchester United including world record signing of Paul Pogba and £75 million pounds poaching of Romelu Lukaku, but his comment he made in the build-up to winter transfer window have left him “treading a fine line” with some senior figures at the club, according to the Daily Mail.
The newspaper says that Mourinho’s remarks have been regarded as “a less-than-subtle attempt to pressure them into more spending”, while it cites one “prominent” figure as alleging that people close to Mourinho have been deliberately leaking news of potential signings to the press.
Pressed on his plans for the January transfer window earlier this week, Mourinho remained coy by claiming that he ‘doesn’t know’ if the club will bring in new players.
Manchester United has returned to winning ways after three straight draws seeing off Everton on New year Day at Goodison Park courtesy of Anthony Martial Jesse Lingard in 2-0 win.