Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Manchester United
will be under more pressure than the Blues to succeed in the coming
season spending heavily this summer.
Compared with recent summers, Mourinho has been fairly cautious in
the transfer market, but United have spent around £50
million.
Mourinho said: "Manchester United's spending is something that we
don't control, we don't want to control - we don't comment, we
don't want to comment.
"But when we spent some millions, everybody pointed at us as the
team with more responsibility to win."
He added: "This was because we were the spenders in the
market.
"That's not the case this season. The only player we've bought was
Florent Malouda. We are very happy with that."
After watching Chelsea spend Roman Abramovich's millions
extravagantly since the Russian bought the club in 2003, United
have splashed out on Owen Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson, with
Carlos Tevez possily on the way to Old Trafford.
Now Mourinho says he is delighted to allow the "responsibility" for
success to shift from his shoulders to those of his rival Sir Alex
Ferguson.
He said: "Every club does its own analysis of the market and their
needs."
