It’s July 11. We are juggernauting towards the new season like Ronaldo towards a buffet. And Jose Mourinho has decided it is time to get the Mind Games 2007-08 under way. The Special One has not fulfilled his quote quota over the last couple of months, but has sprung back into life with his latest offering.
He said: “Manchester United’s spending is something that we don’t control, we don’t want to control – we don’t comment, we don’t want to comment. But when we spent some millions, everybody pointed at us as the team with more responsibility to win. This was because we were the spenders in the market. That’s not the case this season. The only player we’ve bought was Florent Malouda. We are very happy with that.” Expect this one to go back and forth like a Sheffield United appeal process.