Mourinho: 'We'd exchange cup for victims' lives'


Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side would give up their Europa League trophy if it would bring back the 22 victims of Monday's terror attack in Manchester.

"If we could, we would obviously change the people's lives for this cup, immediately," Mourinho told reporters at the Friends Arena.

"We wouldn't think twice. Does this cup make the city of Manchester a little bit happier? Maybe. But we just came to do our job.

"We came without the happiness we should bring with us, because when you come for these big matches, you come happy, you come proud. And we didn't. we just came to do our job."

Mourinho agreed with European governing body UEFA's decision to allow the match to go ahead, but said the victory would always be associated with sad thoughts about what happened in Manchester.