The 2 players still at Man United that Jose Mourinho wanted to sell and why the deals didn't happen

Jose Mourinho wanted Manchester United to sell Anthony Martial and Luke Shaw in the summer of 2018.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mourinho said: "There are still a couple of players still there I didn’t want five or six years ago." It is understood the players are Martial and Shaw.

Martial's agent confirmed he wished to leave United in June 2018 and Shaw entered the final year of his first contract that summer.

Ed Woodward, United's executive vice-chairman at the time, blocked the potential sales of both players. Shaw signed a new contract in October 2018 and Martial inked a five-and-a-half year deal in January 2019.

Mourinho considered Alex Sandro, Kieran Tierney and Danny Rose as possible replacements for Shaw. Sandro is still at Juventus, Tierney moved from Celtic to Arsenal in 2019 and is currently on loan at Real Sociedad while former Tottenham defender Rose has retired.

Rose briefly played under Mourinho at Spurs, where a terse meeting with the Portuguese regarding his future was filmed for the All Or Nothing documentary series.

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Shaw agreed a renewal with United last year and will celebrate his tenth anniversary with the club in June. The 28-year-old finally played in a winning final for United in the League Cup last season, having not figured in the 2016 FA Cup final or 2017 League Cup and Europa League final triumphs.

Mourinho and Shaw had a fraught relationship that dated back to when Mourinho met the left back as a teenager at Southampton. Mourinho was the Chelsea manager at the time and criticised Shaw's salary demands after he joined