Jose Mourinho accepts Manchester United will not sign 'six or seven' players this summer as he thanks Ed Woodward for teaching him new word

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Jose Mourinho may have been confused by the choice of words from Old Trafford chief Ed Woodward, but he accepts that Manchester United will not make wholesale changes in the summer.

When the club's latest financial results were announced on Thursday, Woodward told investors not to expect a 'churn' of players at the end of the season as United continue to back their new manager.

Mourinho made four new signings following his appointment – Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly – and accepts that he will bring in a similar number of players this summer.

Jose Mourinho says Manchester United fans should not expect many changes this summer

Mourinho suggested that United's summer dealing will be limited to two or three players

'First of all yesterday I had to ask a friend about"'churn" because I had no idea, it's a new word for my vocabulary,' said Mourinho. 

'You have to learn every time you can and I thank Ed for that word because I didn't have an idea.

'He's completely right, of course. We speak about it, of course we speak about what next, and we know that we have a squad that like every squad needs changes. 

'But we know also that our squad has potential, our squad has good players, many of them in the best age, the age of evolution.

'It's not our philosophy, independent of the numbers, that can you spend £1million, £10m or £100m, it's also the philosophy, the idea and we look at it in this way.

'We prefer to bring two three or four players who feel an idea, a football we try to play, and that can improve our squad. We are not interested in signing six or seven or selling six or seven. We are not going to play this game.

'We are stable so we think our market in the summer will be soft. It will be natural. Some players to leave, some players to come but in a very natural way so I think the word Ed used was a good one.'

In his first summer at United, Mourinho signed four players, including £89m-man Paul Pogba

Ed Woodward insited there would be no 'churn' this year, teaching Mourinho a new word