Jose Mourinho: What I thought of new Man Utd signings Mkhitaryan and Bailly in Wigan win

JOSE MOURINHO praised new Manchester United signing’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly after he got off to a winning start as Red Devils boss.

Goals from Will Keane and Andreas Pereira gave Mourinho a 2-0 win at Championship club Wigan in his first game as United boss.

New signings Mkhitaryan and Bailly both started the friendly and the Portuguese boss gave the new boys a thumbs up after the win.

Mourinho told Manchester United’s official website: "[Henrikh] Mkhitaryan is a top-class player and currently at the best stage for a footballer – 27/28 years old.

“He is magnificent the way he thinks about football, he thinks very quickly and it’s so sweet how he touches the ball. He can play in different positions behind the striker. He doesn’t have the sharpness yet but he is performance was very positive

“With Eric [Bailly] the way the fans showed how much they liked his performance when I changed him is enough. 

“Of course he is a very young boy coming from a very different environment, but you could see what he is at this moment. 

“I will give him everything to try to make him better and better like I did with other central defenders I’ve had in my hands. He has showed the potential we saw when we decided to buy him."

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