Jose Mourinho turned up the heat on Liverpool, saying they must win the Premier League title this season.
The Manchester United boss reckons that with the £175m additions to the Champions League finalists’ squad, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp must deliver the a first league crown to Anfield since 1990.
Klopp’s manne beat Prem champs Manchester City 2-1 on Wednesday night and ahead of Saturday’s International Champions Cup meeting between United and Liverpool in Michigan, Mourinho is making the pap dik aan.
The Special One’s team warmed up for the pre-season headliner with a 9-8 penalty shootout win over AC Milan.
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP
And he says: “Maybe this season, finally you demand that they win.
“You, I think, have to be fair and now you have to demand and say the team with investments you are making last season, that you made in January, that you make now, that will probably be the record of the Premier League this season, a team that was a finalist in the Champions League, you have to say you are a big candidate and you have to win.”
But Klopp is min gespin at Jose’s mind games, saying he “doesn’t care” about the pressure.
The German says: “We don’t have a free way to go to the championship, it will be really hard.
“We have improved our position for us. What it means for the league we will see.
“I am not a dreamer, I don’t dream that we can be there or there. Other people can do that but we have to build a ground for these dreams.”