Mourinho lauds United’s transfer savings

London: Jose Mourinho says Manchester United made huge savings in the transfer market by getting their business done before Neymar’s world record move to Paris Saint-Germain triggered a global price spike.

Mourinho paid a British record fee of 75 million pounds (Dh356 million; $97 million, 82 million euros) for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku and took his spending to over 130 million pounds with swoops for Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic and Benfica defender Victor Lindelof. Since those deals were completed, French giants PSG have broken the world record with a 222 million euro move for Barcelona star Neymar.

Praising United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward for predicting the market surge, Mourinho told The Times: “I think we were very clever. We thought that something could happen that could change the market forever.” (AFP)