PLAYING the Champions League is easier- Mourinho

Jose Mourinho feels Manchester United is in a worst situation playing
in the Europa League and would have found Champions League football much more comfortable. He believes playing on a Thursday night is tasking and clubs not participating in European competitions would have their work cut out for them. He said to the sun: "The Premier League doesn't do you any favours,"
"We will be playing [in the Europa League] on Thursday, but I don't think they will then make us play on a Monday, they will make us play on Sunday and probably at 12 o'clock." So we are in the worst possible situation. It is the worst [if you want to fight] for the Premier League. "It is much easier to be a Champions League team. And obviously it is much easier to be what Liverpool were two years ago and what Chelsea are next season [with no European football]." One complete week to work every week, that is a dream. That is a dream for a manager who wants to improve his team. "Nevertheless, Mourinho is determined to fight for the title in his first season in charge, even if the board of directors have given him three seasons to get United back to the top." The message from the owners and Mr Woodward was this: 'Get your three years, do your work, improve the team and bring us back where we belong during a three-year period.' My message was that I wanted to win the title in the first season," he stressed.

"I want to be champion. To say before the season starts that the top four is the target? The top four is not the target. We want to play to be champions." If during the season we realise the points difference doesn't allow us to fight for the title, we are going to establish a new target and when you can't be champion the next target is to finish top four."

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