LONDON, Sept 21: Jose Mourinho has admitted English football would be better off without the League Cup, just seven months after winning the competition with Manchester United.
Mourinho celebrated the first major silverware of his United reign when his team beat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley last season.
But after watching United kick off their defence of the trophy with a 4-1 win over second tier strugglers Burton at a well below capacity Old Trafford on Wednesday, Mourinho conceded the tournament often does more harm than good.
Mourinho showed where the League Cup ranks on his priority list by making nine changes as Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial scored United�s goals.
�You know, if the competition is an official competition, it is important for Manchester United and for me as a manager and I want the players to think the same way,� Mourinho told the BBC.
�If you ask me could English football survive or even be better without this competition? Maybe.� � AFP
