The boss delivered his first press conference of the 2018/19 campaign in Los Angeles earlier today (Wednesday), ahead of Manchester United’s match against Club America on Friday (03:00 BST), and spoke gushingly of the Academy graduate’s performances in Russia.
“To win the World Cup can only be a positive thing,”
suggested Mourinho.
“So many players never had the chance to be a world champion, because their country was not strong enough or because they couldn’t help that team enough to make it happen. For Paul, I think it is the first World Cup he goes to and to be world champion can only be fantastic.