Mourinho: “Sneijder completes my team”

Jose Mourinho is delighted at the arrival of Wesley Sneijder from Real Madrid but was hoping the Dutchman would have arrived at San Siro earlier this summer. “Sneijder completes my team,” said the Special One. “I asked for a central defender, a midfielder, an attacking midfielder and a striker. I got everything now and I am happy, I just hoped he would come earlier.

“It would have been fantastic if he had a month and a half to prepare. Now we have a new team, with a great potential, but we will need time. Still we should be more balanced than last year.” The Portuguese tactician also spoke about the forthcoming Derby della Madonnina against Milan. “Javier Zanetti could miss out. A Coach has his own ideas and must follow them. Ricardo Quaresma and Marco Materazzi are not injured but I am not going to call them up. “Milan are a strong side, I always said that. I was one of the few to do it and after the game against Siena everybody agreed.”