15 July, 2017
There was no new contract.
Lukaku is set to be announced as a United player this week ahead of a training camp at UCLA in California.
"We don't have our door closed", Mourinho said in a press conference at United's UCLA training base on Friday. Everybody knows he's a striker so we're not speaking about a multi-functional player or [going to] create doubts about positions on the pitch, he's a striker and normally strikers score goals.
Ibrahimovic signed a one-year deal in July 2016, but an extension was not triggered after he suffered a season-ending knee ligament injury in April.
United have spent a staggering £106 million in the current transfer window to secure the services of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku and Benfica defender Victor Lindelöf.
"It caught me by surprise, the move, everyone was fixated on (Real Madrid striker) Alvaro Morata", he said. We aren't happy with just Lukaku and Lindelof.
As for Fabinho, that's the signing all United fans want to make but we're yet to see if that will happen and Perisic is a move which has dragged on for some time, to the point where it's a bit painful and laborious. "Everything is so hard".
"I was focused when I was there to play well, to learn a lot, to improve so I can come back more ready to play and to help my teammates over here".
Depending on whether one considers Cristiano Ronaldo to be a striker or not, the deal makes Lukaku the second or third-most expensive striker of all time (behind Gonzalo Higuaín - £75.3m).
The Galaxy can sign Ibra with no transfer fee this summer, since United released him.
He netted 28 goals in 46 appearances for Manchester United last season before succumbing to a keen injury in March.
"It is only natural that he wants to develop his career at the biggest club".
Ibrahimovic and his Italian-born agent Mino Raiola met to discuss their options earlier this week over a lengthy dinner in Manchester, after which Ibrahimovic told photographers to expect a "huge announcement soon" regarding his playing future. We wanted to be honest and open and give everything for him to make a decision, in case his desire was to leave. He didn't want to hide behind such an incredible injury. That would be easy. He wasn't happy with the way he finished the season, not playing.
"But it's a Real Madrid's right to ask for their players the amount of money that they want".