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13th August 2017
10:27pm BST

"I think Real Madrid was too early for him. He played because (Phil) Jones and (Eric) Bailly were both suspended," Mourinho told Manchester Evening News on Sunday. "I have players coming from different leagues to the Premier League and normally it's not easy. The difference between Lukaku and Matic is exactly that, they have years and years of the Premier League. "I brought in 2004 a phenomenal central defender to England in (Ricardo) Carvalho, he was one of the best central defenders in the last decade of the Premier League, but he struggled. It was difficult for him to come and adapt to the beginning, and I think Victor needs a little bit of time and he's going to have that time."https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/896790903968456704 Mourinho also referenced Henrikh Mkhitaryan, speaking about his initial struggle to settle in English football when he joined from Borussia Dortmund last summer. The Armenian is now a first-team regular, and the United manager expects Lindelof to settle and then excel for the team.
"Let's go step by step, because Victor is a fantastic player."
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