Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has said he is
satisfied with their Europa League pairing with Saint-Etienne, after avoiding
further travel nightmare.United have been drawn against the Ligue 1 club for the
first time since the 1977 European Cup Winners’ Cup.
The fixture will also see their world-record buy, Paul
Pogba, face his older brother, Florentin, in the Europa League’s round of 32 in
February. On his part, Mourinho is happy to avoid difficult trips to Turkey,
Russia and Ukraine. “The good thing is the travel distance,” Mourinho said on
Monday after the draws. “We travelled very far and to some difficult places in
the group stage, to Turkey and Ukraine.“But France is an easy flight, in an easy period with a lot
of matches. “St Etienne are also a historical club with lots of tradition,
People of my generation will never forget the Michel Platini team, so it will
be difficult.“Manchester United is one of the big names in the
competition and it will be hard for us, but we have two months without the
Europa League and we can forget it for that time.”
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