Jose Press Conference: Pre-Wolves Match

Team News

"There are small things but nothing important.

At this moment, Marcos Rojo is not training with the team, but Herrera is in the final phase of his recovery.

Apart from them [and the suspended players], everyone is ready."

“Jones is okay now, so it’s Rashford and Matic suspended – they are the ones who are not available."

Recovery since Wednesday

"The two days in between are hard."

“When you have three days, it’s much easier and you have one day to work tactically.

“When you have two days, it’s much, much, much more difficult because everything is about recovering from the match and then preparing for the next one. But the team is finding stability and confidence levels are important.

“We’re back at home after three away wins, and I think the atmosphere will be very positive for us. We know it’s going to be difficult but we are confident."

Diego Dalot

“I want him in this process of adaptation. I want him to play totally fresh, so he's not playing tomorrow. He plays Tuesday again. I want him to play totally fresh.

To play for Manchester United is difficult enough for a kid of 19 years old, coming from another country and after an important injury and surgery, I think is difficult enough.

He doesn't need to face more difficulties, because of an accumulation of matches. So he played 90 minutes in the Champions League, on a difficult pitch, recovered totally and on Tuesday he plays again. But, I think he showed for the ones that didn't know him very, very well, he showed them that he's not a player to be here just on formation, he's a player to be here for competition, for positions, he's a very good player."

Wolves

“Really good, last season dominant, and we all know that it’s not easy to be dominant in Championship, even if you have the best team, and they were dominant since the beginning until the end," said Mourinho.

“Then they had a strong market, great work, great adaptation to the Premier League, getting the points and the performances that makes them feel and everybody feel, I include myself, that they are going to have a very stable season, very far from the problems normally a team that comes from the Championship has."

Relationship with Agent Mendes FC/Wolves

I don’t speak with him [Mendes] for quite a long time to be honest, but when we speak we don’t speak about my job or his job, he’s my agent and that’s it, but I think the work in Wolves is good because is not just about Portuguese influence, Portuguese manager, staff and players.

“It’s also about getting the right ones and I think they got good young players and got also good experienced, stable players, so they got this season, the Portugal national team goalkeeper, Joao Moutinho, one of the players of the 100 caps club, big stability in the team, the young ones are young boys with good potential and you can see the work of the coaching staff and the team is a really really good team."

Wolves Gaffer

“When they are players you always have players you have a little bit of a feeling they can become managers, but I don’t think even then think about it, that team at Porto.

“I would say 75% of them are now mangers, Nuno reaches the Premier League level and reached it be his own merit and credit.

“He didn’t come direct to the Premier League, he came to the Championship, so he earned the right to be a Premier League manager and fantastic work, the result speaks by itself."

Changed Centre-back pairings = changed fortune?

“No, I think the team as a team is resolving the defensive problems better than before, I don’t want to say was Bailly or Jones and is now Smalling or Lindelof.

“I think the team is more compact, more solid, the spirit, the cooperation, the empathy, the communication all of that improve in the team and good results bring confidence and I think we are improving as a team.

“I don’t want to say our improvement has the name of Chris or Victor, the team is playing better and they are part of the team that plays these matches."