Jose Mourinho has insisted that the pressure of managing Manchester United doesn’t get to him.
The Portuguese leads United for his official assignment on Sunday when they face Leicester City in the Community Shield at Wembley.
But that won’t be the biggest test of Mourinho’s Old Trafford career however, as he will expected to return the club to the pinnacle of European football and the former Chelsea boss is unfazed by the challenge.
“It is not new in my career. Everywhere I’ve been I’ve had to cope with that situation. It doesn’t matter where I am, everyone expects big things. It’s nothing new for me, I like to create that expectation. I like the players to feel it.
“Sometimes during my career I’ve created some unrealistic targets but by creating these you push the team to unexpected levels. To win the Champions League with Porto or Inter is unexpected and a very risky objective target. To win championships in the first season is a little bit of the same but I like that.
“People analyse it as arrogant and so on, that’s not a problem for me. The reality is I always feel for players, managers, clubs that this kind of establishment of very difficult targets can only help us.”
United have already made three signings this summer – Eric Bailly, HenrikhMkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have all joined – with Paul Pogba expected to join before the start of the new Premier League season next week.
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