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Mourinho: The Champions League without Manchester United is not the Champions League

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José Mourinho believes the Champions League is not the same without Manchester United, who missed out on a top four spot last season under Louis van Gaal.

This season will be the second time in three years that United will miss out on Champions League football, and instead will play on Thursday nights in the Europa League.

Mourinho, who is a brand ambassador for Heineken (one of the sponsors for the Champions League), has been doing plenty of publicity for the competition in recent days despite his side not taking part this year.

“The Champions League without Manchester United is not the Champions League and Manchester United without the Champions League is not Manchester United,” the Portuguese boss told Goal.

“So this is the first big step. But to get back to the Champions League we need to do well in the Premier League, so the first step is to recover the self-esteem, which I think we are doing.”

Mourinho also called for patience at Old Trafford, but feels very positive about the future at his new club.

“I have a very positive feeling. Rome was not built in one day and a football team is probably more difficult to build than Rome was,” he said.

“The feeling is that they want to work for me, they have the same level of ambition and commitment that I have and step by step, by a tactical and mental point of view, I have great feelings with the answers they are giving. So yes, I am very positive.”



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