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title: "Who is Jose Mourinho’s mystery fourth transfer target?"
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published: "2016-07-06T15:02:31Z"
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# Who is Jose Mourinho’s mystery fourth transfer target?

In his maiden press conference as Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho revealed a lot of interesting information about his plans for the club, ranging from the departure of Ryan Giggs to Wayne Rooney’s future in the squad.

However, perhaps the most interesting part of the conference was Mourinho’s statement about the club’s transfer aims – he stated:

> *We decided four targets. From these four, we have three and until we don’t have the fourth, we are still working hard…We are not going to get the fourth on the 31st of August, we will get the fourth before then.*

With defender Eric Bailly, veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and creative midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan already announced by the club, the focus has turned to who this mystery fourth transfer target is. Based on recent rumours and speculation, here are four players who are likely to fit the bill as Mourinho’s final purchase of the summer transfer window: