Mourinho: We need to sign a midfielder

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes the team will be in need of a midfielder after Michael Carrick leaves the Club in summer 2018.

"We need to sign a midfield player because we are going to lose Michael Carrick," the manager told Sky Sports. "Of course we need balance in the team and I said that months ago. You can accuse me of many things but you cannot say I lie to you. "When I don't want to say things, I don't say, but I don't take you in other directions. So I told you we don't want to sign any strikers or wingers, and yes we are looking for a midfield player," he added. While asked to comment on the possibility of 21-year-old Scott McTominay promoted to the first team, Mourinho noted: "If for you, promotion is they train regularly with us, then they are promoted for a long time. "Scott McTominay didn't arrive here from the Moon - before he trained with the first team," he continued, "He trained with us last season, he came with us in pre-season. "If that's what you mean by promotion, the kids are promoted all the time," the Portuguese specialist concluded on the matter.