Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out the summer sale of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea to Real Madrid this summer, but insisted that any transfer would not be done 'through the press'.
Speaking in hispre-match press conferenceon Friday, Mourinho addressed reports from Marca which claim that Los Blancos are preparing a £55m move for De Gea, admitting that he himself still had a close relationship with some key figures at the Spanish club.
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With Mr Perez and his right arm Jose Angel Sanchez, they are some of the people in football about whom I can say: I did not work for them and then it is over,� he said.I can say that we are friends forever, big friends. I like them a lot. And friends speak, friends are open, friends are honest.�
So if at the end of the season I want one of their players or they want one of our players, we will not do it through the press. It is not through the press that we are going to exchange messages.We will be very direct. So they are one of the clubs that I am not worried about at all.�
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Pressed further on whether the rumours of a summer switch for the 26-year-old had any substance, he added:The only thing that is real is that he is my player, I am happy with him I know that he is happy with me and there is nothing else absolutely nothing else.I have nothing to say because I am not going to speak about hypothetical things.�
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