Jose Mourinho has opened up on Manchester United's failed pursuit of Real Madrid striker Alvaro Moarata.

United pulled out of talks with Real over Morata, after the Spanish giants refused to budge from their £79million valuation of the player.

Mourinho and United valued Morata at £65m and instead sealed a £75m deal for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, after negotiations with Real came to a halt.

"I don’t like to speak about players who aren’t ours, because Morata is not our player," said Mourinho. "I am nobody to speak about players from Real Madrid.

"Yes, we have had interest, that's obvious and it’s public. We've not come to an economic agreement, that's obvious as well.

Mourinho has spoken about the pursuit of Morata (
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Morata has been back in Real Madrid training (
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His future remains uncertain despite United pulling their interest (
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"But it’s a Real Madrid’s right to ask for their players the amount of money that they want.

"We do not determine what the price is of a player of Real Madrid, Real Madrid do that. And we didn’t arrive at an agreement with Real Madrid.

"I don't criticise Madrid and I am not going to criticise my board because my board has made the offer, and they have tried to reach an agreement during a time, and they didn’t come to an agreement. It’s simple."

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