Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho was in Zagreb this week to meet with the agent of Ivan Perisic, Inter Milan forward. Mourinho was then reportedly sarcastic to reporters who were tailing him; no doubt trying to get a summer transfer story scoop out of this situation.
(Related: more MUFC transfer news today, this scoop involving Antoine Griezmann)
Manchester Evening News quote a figure of £30 million for this potential deal while both The Sun and Metro are quoting £35 million. Perisic and the rest of his Croatian teammates beat Ukraine 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier tonight, and Mourinho was in attendance.
According to the Daily Mail, Perisic “missed the game due to suspension but his representative Predrag Mijatovic was in the crowd on Friday night. ”
José Mourinho is watching Croatia play Ukraine tonight. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/u06Pyf1cOR
— Football Cvlture (@FootballCVLTURE) March 24, 2017
Croatia put themselves in a great position in Group I with the win at the Maksimir Stadium. Nikola Kalinic scored the only goal of the game, helping Croatia to its fourth straight win, and 13 points in the group.
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