Mourinho scarcely needed additional pressure and he now has the impending return to Old Trafford of the club hero Cristiano Ronaldo looming large on the horizon. Relations between the pair famously deteriorated while they were together at Real Madrid and scrutiny on Mourinho is already intense after United lost two of their first three Premier League games for the first time since 1992.
Juventus, meanwhile, have been buoyed by the arrival this summer of their £100m signing, who is bidding for a fourth consecutive Champions League title.
The former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel expects a tough task for his old side, who are joined in Group H by Valencia and the Swiss champions, Young Boys. “Juventus is probably the hardest team to play against in Europe right now because of the signing of Ronaldo,” he said on BT Sport. “Everyone sees them as rebuilding the whole Italian football scene again. But you want to be in a group which can produce some great matches.”
Source: The Guardian / Martha Kelner