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Jose Mourinho takes radical approach to separate first-team players from the rest of the Manchester United squad: building a partition

Jose Mourinho has built a partition around the first-team changing area at Manchester United's Carrington training ground to keep them separate from other players.

United's original open-plan dressing room has had doors and glass windows installed to prevent anyone walking through the first-team section on their way to the gym or other parts of the complex.

Mourinho wants to keep his senior squad as a tight-knit group and does not want any dissatisfaction from outsiders proving a distraction.

Jose Mourinho hopes to keep his first team squad away from distraction with a partition
Jose Mourinho hopes to keep his first team squad away from distraction with a partition
Mourinho's hope to foster a winning culture got under way with the Community Shield
Mourinho's hope to foster a winning culture got under way with the Community Shield

The manager told eight players, including Bastian Schweinsteiger, Adnan Januzaj and Andreas Pereira, to train with the Under-21s until they moved to other clubs.