"Jose Mourinho has revealed he will put pressure on Manchester United to stage future tours in America over Asia. United's pre-season tour in China descended into farce last summer with their scheduled derby against Manchester City in Beijing having to be cancelled due to a shambolic pitch at the Bird's Nest. The training conditions were also poor while United ran into a number of other logistical problems. The contrast with this summer's tour in the US could not be starker, with Mourinho lauding the quality of the facilities and organisation in the country. The UCLA campus in Los Angeles, which United are using as a base, has long been a favourite of Mourinho, who took his Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid teams there in the past. Nico Rosberg poses with United players Credit: GETTY IMAGES And as Mourinho looked ahead to a derby against City at Houston's NRG Stadium in the early hours on Friday, the United manager said he would urge the club to return to the US after admitting Asia could not compete in logistical terms. ""The best, the best"" Mourinho said, when asked for his thoughts on the facilities and conditions in America. ""I will try everything with my club to be back because with all the respect Asia is beautiful, commercially it's fantastic for the clubs, but the conditions to work are completely different. ""Here is about the facilities and organisation and everything is perfect so we are going to try to persuade the club and Relevent [organisers of the International Champions Cup] to bring us back again. The facilities in America are exceptional Credit: GETTY IMAGES ""It's nice for the US and US fans [to have a derby here], it's very good for the event that deserves everything from us because of the phenomenal preparations. ""I think it's very good for both clubs and there is always a little bit of rivalry, a bit of an extra ingredient but for me it's a friendly, I'm not going to jump to celebrate a goal, or cry if we concede, it's preparation for me. The European Super Cup [against Real] is a match, West Ham is a match. ""But we feel a responsibility to the American people who love soccer and United fans and we couldn't play City in China because of the bad conditions but here there are no excuses, the conditions are phenomenal, the organisation is phenomenal."" £250,000 up for grabs: pick your Telegraph Fantasy Football team today >>"
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