Manchester United back to UK from tour

<p>Manchester United are back in the UK following their pre-season tour of the USA as Jose Mourinho continues to complain ahead of the Premier League season.</p>, <p>Mourinho cast a forlorn figure while in America, and made no secret of his displeasure during United’s stint in the States, most recently stating the “majority” of players at the club have a fantastic spirit.</p>, <p>Despite complaining about the lack of first-team players on the tour, Mourinho has confirmed Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford and Phil Jones have cut short their holidays in a bid to be fit for the start of the season.</p>, <p>They could feature in United’s final pre-season game against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Sunday, before their Premier League opener against Leicester on August 9, live on Sky Sports.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: Jobless Antonio Conte tries luck with Volleyball</p>, <p>With the domestic campaign looming, midfielder Ander Herrera has defended the under-fire Mourinho, describing it as the “most strange pre-season” he has had in his five years at the club, due to the lack of regular starters available.</p>, <p>“I agree with him because it must be difficult for him to work with a group of players that maybe he is going to have 50 percent of them in the future. It’s difficult for him,” Herrera told ESPN.</p>, <p>In terms of incomings, Mourinho says he desires two more signings but would settle for just one, with United understood to have made an approach for Leicester defender Harry Maguire.</p>, <p>“I am confident I will get one, but I think two I am not going to get – which is not a drama,” Mourinho told BeIN Sports.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Portuguese admits he is unsure whether Anthony Martial, who started the opening two games of pre-season, will link up with the squad following his failure to return to the tour after leaving for the birth of his second child.</p>