Why Manchester United failed to sign Morata – Mourinho opens up

Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Manchester United failed in a bid, to bring Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata to Old Trafford.

United had been strongly linked with a move for Morata, but they eventually closed a £75million deal to sign Romelu Lukaku from Everton.

Mourinho explains that they abandoned negotiations for the Spain international, when no agreement could be reached with Madrid.

“I don’t like to speak about players who aren’t ours, because Morata is not our player. I am nobody to speak about players from Real Madrid,” Mourinho told reporters.

“Yes, we have had interest, that is obvious and it’s public. We have not come to an economic agreement, that is obvious as well.

“But it’s Real Madrid’s right to ask for their players the amount of money that they want. We do not determine what the price is of a player of Real Madrid, Real Madrid do that. And we didn’t arrive at an agreement with Real Madrid.

“I do not criticise Madrid and I am not going to criticise my board because my board has made the offer, and they have tried to reach an agreement during a time, and they didn’t come to an agreement. It’s simple.”

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