Jose Mourinho faces a race against time to sign Ivan Perisic.

Manchester United have eight days to agree a deal with Inter Milan for the Croatia international, according to Tuttosport.

Starsport understand United have been in talks with the Serie A club since the end of last season.

Mourinho could get his man for a flat fee of £49.2m (€55m).

Alternatively, United could pay £40.3m (€45m) and send Anthony Martial on loan to the San Siro.

Josh Harrop has explained why he quit the club for Preston.

The 21-year-old forward was offered two contract extensions by United but decided he needed first-team football.

“Before my debut the plan was for me to go and get games,” Harrop said. “Then when I scored it made things a lot harder.

“United had already offered me a deal and they offered me another on top of it which made the decision tougher.

“It would have been easy to take it. There was no guarantee I was going to play though.

“I’m too old to be playing reserve team football and need to playing first-team football but there was no promise of that at United.”

Jose Mourinho has hailed Nemanja Matic as a "genius"

Nemanja Matic has been branded a "genius".

Matic, who joined United from Chelsea in a £40m deal earlier this week, played his first game of pre-season last night in the 2-1 win over Sampdoria.

Mourinho said: "A lonely pre-season is always a lonely pre-season – a player can be professional and work hard but football is collective and when you train alone, you train just a part of what you are as a player.

"The way he plays, he uses his brain but of course he needs physically to be on top of his game.

"So he needs time but his experience, intelligence and genius in the way he thinks about football will help him to be ready sooner rather than later."