JOSE MOURINHO believes Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a ‘gift’ for Marcus Rashford.
The Swede’s Manchester United move may mean fewer opportunities for forward Rashford, 18.
But boss Mourinho said: “The image Zlatan sells is not him, he is a good guy.
“He is brilliant with the young boys. I think for Rashford this is a gift.
“People can say he is not going to play every game from the start, like in the second part of last season, but this is a gift for the kid, too.
“We are so happy to have Zlatan for probably the last two years of his career — we couldn’t find a better striker in this moment.”
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Mourinho also confirmed Paul Pogba will be the final signing of the summer at Manchester United.
The Special One has made four new signings in a £145 million spree – with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eric Bailly and
Ibrahimovic also arriving.
There have been suggestions he could go after another experienced centre back before the window shuts at the end of the month. But the new Old Trafford chief said: “I couldn’t be happier with the way we did our market because we got four players that we really believe in.
“We thought about the profile – the tactical profile, the physical profile, the personality.
“And we got them all before the start of the Premier League, when the transfer window only closes at the end of the month. “Here it becomes normal – almost a tradition, that people delay and delay and delay.
“We did it before the end of the month, which I think is tremendous work by my board.”
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