Manchester United’s fixture a laugh, says unhappy Jose Mourinho ahead of packed schedule
The Red Devils are the only English team battling for four trophies and could play as many as 67 games this season
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho complained about the lack of help being afforded his team by the football authorities as he attempts to win silverware on four fronts over the final four months of the season.
The irascible Portuguese coach has described a mounting schedule as a ‘nonsense’ and ‘a laugh’ in an extraordinary outburst that followed his side’s comfortable passage into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 home win over Championship side Wigan.
That leaves United as the only English team battling for four trophies – the League Cup final with Southampton, the FA Cup, Europa and Premier Leagues – and facing as many as 67 games should they go all the way in the other two cup competitions.
“I think the Premier League is almost an impossible mission but I only think about winning the next match,” said Mourinho, who has complained about the fixture list in England before.
“In the League Cup, we have 50 per cent chance of winning it. In the FA Cup, we are in the last 16. In the Europa League, we are in the last 32, so lots of matches to play.