Mourinho speaks on his FRIENDSHIP with SAF and the same old statement from David Gill "we have the $$ to spend"..bla bla bla

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says his friendship with Man Utd counterpart SAF is proof he's not all bad.

Mourinho left his job at Inter Milan having upset Lega authorities and the local media with his approach.

"There's a lot of talk about my character, criticizing, but I have many friends in the game," said Mourinho.

"Often I talk on the phone to Sir Alex Ferguson, we are good friends."

Manchester United chief David Gill says there's money available for new signings.

The likes of Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil, Holland midfielder Wesley Sneijder and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema have all been linked with a switch to Manchester, and Gill has reiterated that manager Ferguson has money to spend.

"The money is there if we believe there is a player who can improve what we believe is a very good squad," he told the Manchester Evening News.

"The team has been together for a number of years and done very well. In order to improve it a player has to be of a very high quality."

Gill would not be drawn on who the club are targeting as possible signings, but revealed United have been on the look-out for new faces.

"We are always looking at players," he told. "We are looking 365 days a year - it doesn't just start when the transfer window opens.

"We are looking at it. We studied a lot of players at the World Cup, but we knew about a lot of them before that.

"Over all I think Sir Alex is very comfortable with the squad composition. That's not to say something won't happen, but I think it is a 'might', not a 'will'.

"We will see what happens over the next six weeks."