Mourinho neither confirms nor denies signing Pogba

Manchester United's Jose Mourinho refused to answer questions on signing Juventus's Paul Pogba here on Thursday at the press conference before Friday's match between the Red Devils and Borussia Dortmund.

Mourinho was asked directly at the press conference about Pogba's transfer.

"I don't confirm and I don't deny. I cannot tell you," Mourinho said. "I don't think it's correct to speak about players of other clubs, and he's a Juventus player and not a Manchester United player."

"The only thing I can tell you is that my board, my directors they did fantastic work to do 75 percent of the job I asked them to do," said Mourinho. "I asked them for four players. To be more accurate, I asked them for four or five players I need. I gave them a few options and they did for me 75 percent of the job with (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, (Henrikh) Mikitharyan and (Eric) Bailly and they have just 25 percent to do until Aug. 31."

"We are calm. We have three faces to fill the profile. I am confident Mr Woodward will get the player we need to get a good balance," said Mourinho.

UK media reported that United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had pulled out of the club's pre-season tour to China so he could meet and agree personal terms with Pogba's agent.

It is said that the French international will cost the club a record-breaking 119 million euros to land the midfielder. The previous world record fee was the 85 million pounds paid by Real Madrid for Gareth Bale in 2013. Endit