Jose Mourinho Is 'Furious' Over Man Utd's Refusal To Spend £40m On Premier League Player

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is growing increasingly frustrated at the club's reluctance to spend £40 million on Tottenham defender Danny Rose.

Last month, a report from The Mirror suggested that Tottenham would sell the England international for £50 million in January, but it seems the Old Trafford board aren't as keen as Mourinho to sign the left-back.

The situation is reportedly causing tension between Mourinho and the board.

Rose was heavily linked with a move to United in the summer transfer window, and although Mourinho was desperate to sign four players in the summer, he only ended up getting three: Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic.

Back in August last year, Rose spoke about his immediate future at Tottenham Hotspur and the 27-year-old didn't hold back in an explosive interview.

Rose, who arguably had the best season of his career in 2016/17, told The Sun that he wants "to play up north". He also admitted that "time is running out" to win trophies, while suggesting that he wants a pay rise at Spurs.

The defender then went onto admit that he hopes Tottenham make a couple more signings, but "not players you have to Google and say, 'Who's that?"

Here's what Rose told The Sun in a revealing interview: "At my age, and having missed six months with injury, I have been thinking about this quite a lot," the 27-year-old said.

"I am reaching my peak and have probably only got one big contract left in me. Time is running out and I do want to win trophies. I don't want to play football for 15 years and not have one trophy or one medal. Sorry, that's not what I am about. I wouldn't be happy with that. I want to win something."

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Mourinho has expressed the need for a new left-back and centre midfielder, but as per Miguel Delaney from The Independent, Mourinho has identified Valencia's Carlos Soler as his No.1 transfer target.

Soler, 20, only made his first-team debut just under a year ago but has been integral to Valencia's success, making 11 appearances - scoring once and registering four assists.

His performances have alerted Mourinho and his staff, who feel he could a bit of creativity that United have been bereft of in the absence of record signing Paul Pogba.

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Topics: Danny Rose, Manchester United, Transfers, tottenham

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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